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Aspiring barber and experienced kung-fu fighter Shang learns that his childhood friend, Siu Ming, has been framed for murder by an unknown villain... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Shun-Yee Yuen ... Shang
Siu Ming Tsui ... Si-Ming
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Lung Chan ... Yu
Sai Aan Dai ... Fortune Teller
Mei Sheng Fan ... Fat Master
Hoi Sang Lee ... Chen
David Wu ... Police Captain
Cheung-Yan Yuen ... Leader of Thugs
Siu Tien Yuen ... Old Guard at the Temple
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Also Known As:
Fat jeung lo hon kuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
The Buddhist Fist (Hong Kong: English title)
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UK:86 min
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:18

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Poor story, great finish, 5 January 2005
6/10
Author: sarastro7 from Denmark

The Buddhist Fist (1980) is most certainly not among the better exponents of its genre. It has some decent and fairly entertaining kung fu here and there, but the story is generally boring. The motivation of the bad guy is non-existent. The terrible attempts at humor mostly fall totally flat and are generally misplaced. I'll admit, though, that the Fat Master is quite entertaining, and will make anyone smile with his unbeatable kung fu (and chess fu!).

Story and production-wise, the movie warrants a "5" rating, but I will raise that to a solid "6" because the entertainment value is fair and the movie has an amazing finish.

The final fight is superb. It's like an inventory of all the "Buddha" styles; "Sleeping Buddha", "Drunken Buddha", etc., and it's of a good length. This sort of scenes is what Asian movies can do that Western movies can't, because no Westerners have this kind of devotion to and tradition for martial arts in the movies.

Special mention should also go to the guy who plays Boss Chang (the one with a big and a small foot). He's one cool dude, though his role here is nothing much. Catch him as a very cool monk in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin instead.

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