Xin jing wu men (1976)

Director:

Wei Lo

Writers:

Wei Lo (writer)
Lei Pan (writer)

Release Date:

8 July 1976 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with...

Plot Keywords:

Art | Martial Arts | Kung Fu | Taiwan | Sequel

Cast

Ming Cheng Chang
Shen Lin Chang
Jackie Chan	...	A Lung (as Chen Yuen Lung)
Siu Siu Cheng
Sing Chen
Kam Cheung
Su Han
Ying-Chieh Han
Po Wei Hou
Wai Hung Ho
Hsiao Hu Liao
Chung Lin
Ming Liu
Wei Lo
Ping Lu
Yi Lung Lu
Nora Miao
Ting Ken Shih
Hsin Chang Sun
Lan Sun
Robert Tai
Yan Tsan Tang		(as Yim Chan Tang)
Chiang Liang Wang
Yung Sheng Wang
Mei Ching Yeh
Chung Yen

Also Known As:

Fists to Fight
New Fist of Fury (Hong Kong: English title)
San jing mo moon (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

Runtime:

114 min | UK:113 min

Country:

Hong Kong | Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Company:

Lo Wei Motion Picture Company

Movie Connections:

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China vs. Japan - The Ultimate Showdown.

Fairly drawn-out and sometimes frustrating Kung Fu film about the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. This film is not too bad, you just have to make it to the final reel - something that I expect only enthusiasts of this genre will do. So why is it frustrating? Well, Jackie (or Jacky as credited here), does virtually nothing until fellow Chinese literally drag him into a Kung Fu school in the last quarter of the (2 hour) film.

Sure, he has one action scene early in the film, but he succeeds only in getting pounded nicely by two Japanese fighters. A nice motive for him to learn Kung Fu, I thought. But I was wrong. He does nothing about it...

Anyway, this is one of the more coherent Wei Lo films, and the tension builds fairly steadily. The main villain played by Sing Chen is a believable and decidedly confronting and dangerous man - he's great.

The references to Bruce Lee are tastelessly rammed down your throat, but the final fight is great and suitably brutal. It's a good revenge story, with an unusual ending.