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      Return of the Secret Rivals

      1972 1h 28m Action Comedy List
      Reviews A Chinese noble puts out a contract on a mangy servant who is prophesied to become the next ruler of China. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member This old school chop socky martial arts flick is mostly filler until the end. Hung plays Dirty Head Chan, a guy who's not known for hygiene. When he trains at a temple and becomes a kung fu master, a wannabe king (wonderfully played by Carter Wong) wants him eliminated. Throw in a few subplots here and there for a decent martial arts outing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review dave j Tuesday, September 17, 2013 (1978) The Return Of The Rivals- Filthy Guy DUBBED MARTIAL ARTS PERIOD PIECE As a fan of Hong Kong veteran actor Samo Hung, this early effort by him is not a very good one both in terms of comedy as well as the fights. Like Jackie Chan, they have to be in many mediocre martial art movies until they were able to do their own. the set up has Samo as nicknamed Filthy guy because of his dirty unwashed head which is as hard as a rock gets himself chased and been ordered to be killed because heès abetter martial artist than the Carter Wong character, whose another actor of many chop sockey movies made in the 1970s. He then sends out his army to go after him. Meanwhile, theirs also another story involving a sheriff and two girls. And this is also another one of those chop sockey films which some good person have to get killed since it was the thing producers wanted. 2 out of 4 stars Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Sammo Hung plays a Kung Fu master with some sort of mange on his scalp. This skin problem makes him smell bad, but that doesn't deter some people from teaming up with him to take down a corrupt official. 35 years later, the now blurry and grainy film has been magnificently butchered. This classic chopsocky comedy has had it's aspect ratio cut and pillarboxed, making much of the shots awkward, with important parts off-screen. There's some good action, a nice slow-mo double kick, and the cow sequence is pretty sweet, but the terrible ratio is so annoying. Die-hard fans of Hung and 70's martial arts movies that feature few hit noises may find it worthwhile, I didn't. Watch "Warriors Two" instead. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A Chinese noble puts out a contract on a mangy servant who is prophesied to become the next ruler of China.
      Director
      Kuang Hui
      Producer
      Shu-liang Hsiao
      Screenwriter
      Hsueh-Chen Hsiao, Huang Kun Lin
      Production Co
      Chin Yang Film Company
      Genre
      Action, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 17, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 28m
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