Shou hu fei long (Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon)(Nutty Kickbox Cops)

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cees t Buddy cop kung fu with surprisingly few deaths. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Fairly successful kung-fu action installment from director, actor etc. Sammo Hung. This film, (which is pretty much an action buddy-movie), has several problems, but *just* makes it over the line due to the excellent action-choreography and stunt work. Sammo plays a cop with a Bruce Lee obsession. It's never really explained why he does, or demonstrated too clearly either - rather, he is only shown fighting in the style of Bruce Lee. This may be difficult to spot for beginners in the genre, but Sammo makes quite an excellent impersonation throughout the action sequences. The non-action scenes are played regularly, however. I found most of the humour fairly broad and dated - Sammo's partner played by Karl Maka really is quite annoying. Lau Kar Wing however is particularly awesome as a villain. His fight sequences with Sammo are really worth the wait. The main problem with the film is it's dramatic structure. I grew impatient with some of the plot devices used, not to mention some of the drawn-out and seemingly irrelevant ones. It is a fairly convoluted story, and Sammo's typical mix of drama, comedy and action is not as successful as say "Wheels on Meals" or "Dragons Forever". Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this movie without subtitles, because it was the only version I could find. After browsing the synopsis in wikipedia, it was a very basic fim. Its basically Rush Hour, without the racial humour. Two cops, trying to stop a baddie and their personal lives are affected as well. Most of the movie is corrupt cop humour from the protagonists, and later during Act II is when the movie gets good. The character Fatty (Sammo Hung) is great at martial arts and loves Bruce Lee. During the fight with the main villain at the end, he brandishes nunchaku and owns not one, but two gangs of henchmen. There is even a hard stomp and growl (like the one in Enter the Dragon). Some decent fight scene near the end and the climax, and for that alone its worth seeing. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Great fights, Baldy provided the laughs...good film :) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Sammo seems unusually subdued here and the "baldy" character is intensely annoying. Attitudes and violence toward women are a big downer. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member one of sammo's best films Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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