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Quite a unique kung fu movie. Kind of awkward and boring, but nice to see a positive concept of overcoming physical disabilities. Meh.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/27/23
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This kung fu film begins with a man having both his arms cut off his body. Amazingly, instead of seeking medical attention, the mutilated man with the freshly severed limbs goes to eat at a restaurant where he subsequently gets beat up by a bouncer for making other patrons uneasy with his two bloody arm stumps. Later he joins forces with the man who disfigured him (who later had his legs burned off with acid). The dynamic pair train overcome their disabilities and eventually exact revenge on their former mob boss. Unbelievable.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/13/23
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[font=Arial][size=3][color=white]A ruthless master of a local village seeks the pleasure of watching others suffer. He takes one humble servant and removes his arms and another servant and removes his legs. The two servants are cast off onto the countryside to fend for themselves. The two servants find each other, meet a martial arts master, and train for revenge against the evil master. Can the two servants obtain revenge for such a heinous crime?[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Arial][size=3][color=white]Joe Law, who directed Fighting Life, Killer from Above, Dragons Fatal Fist, and The Magnificent Five, delivers Crippled Masters. The storyline for this picture has an interesting premise and introduction; however, as the film progresses, it becomes less and less interesting. The acting was okay, but nothing special, and the action choreography was mediocre.[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Arial][size=3][color=white]Crippled Masters is a film that my father randomly picked up for me as a Christmas present. The film started off with great promise with interesting characters and a potential interesting storyline; however, the film fell apart when the Crippled Masters started fighting armies of men. The film was worth watching for martial arts fans, but nothing special overall.[/color][/size][/font]
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/19/23
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Maybe I'm just a bad person, but I personally found Crippled Masters to be hugely funny yet simultaneously disturbing. The sheer absurdity of the film (the silly concept, terrible writing, acting, and dubbing) will either be massively amusing to b-movie/exploitation fans or displeasing and unnerving to others. The phenomenal and unique fight scenes (considering the talents) may at least persuade you to the former.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/28/23
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An inspirational film about two men overcoming great odds despite their disabilities.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/26/23
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I have been eager to see <i>Crippled Masters</i> for some time. A movie about two kung fu masters, one of which has had his arms cut off and the other of which who had his legs reduced to strings by acid? Come on, do I need to say anymore?
At first, the movie lives up to its promise. It's hard to tear your eyes away from the screen as two severely handicapped men pretend to learn how to survive. It's exploitation at its most disturbing. A man laughs gleefully as the armless man lunges at a piece of chicken, Legless struggles to crawl along the ground, and later on Armless is required to stumble up a hillside littered with what appear to be rolling pins. For those members of the audience who just want to see some disabled people being tortured, it's great fun.
The silly dubbing is enjoyable, too. "I don't give one god damn," a character says to another. Later, a group of Asian men speaks with distinctly British accents, which is hilarious in itself. As the two crippled masters become the masters we all knew they could be, the movie retains its exciting originality - now watch as Armless and Legless effortlessly take down baddies both big and small.
But the novelty soon wears off; what was fun for thirty minutes grows tiresome and repetitive after an hour-thirty. In fact, I admit that I fast-forwarded through the final third of the movie just trying to find out if anything of note would happen. It felt akin to watching a soft-core porn film, where the action stops inexplicably for a montage of sexual positions. Similarly, the story of <i>Crippled Masters</i> stopped repeatedly to engage in lengthy kung fu battles that quickly became yawn-worthy despite the gimmick.
And what of the actual story? Armless and Legless, though originally mortal enemies, team up to take down the man who crippled them and to take control of a group of jade horse figurines that are alleged to have magical powers. The thing about the jade horses doesn't come to the forefront until far into the movie and doesn't seem to really have any true conclusion.
I wish I had more to say about <i>Crippled Masters</i>, but I unfortunately don't. It's funny for a while, but grows tiresome. When you start with an armless man trying to catch fish with his teeth, that's pretty hard to top. Perhaps I should have expected that it would be mostly downhill from there.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/15/23
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