Fong Sai Yuk (1993)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Corey Yuen

Writers:

Kung-Yung Chai (writer)
Kin Chung Chan (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | History

Plot:

This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus...

Plot Keywords:

Emperor | Kung Fu | Martial Arts | Secret Society | Relay Race

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jet Li	...	Fong Sai-Yuk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lung Chan	...	Macu
Adam Cheng	...	Chan Ka-lok
Sung Young Chen	...	Tiger Lui
Man Cheuk Chiu	...	Governor of Kau Man
Kong Chu	...	Fong Tuk
Xian Gao	...	Support
Sibelle Hu	...	Siu-wan
Michelle Reis	...	Ting Ting
Josephine Siao	...	Miu Chui-Fa

Also Known As:

Fang Shi Yu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Fong Sai Yuk (Hong Kong: English title)
The Legend (USA)
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
The Prodigal Fighter (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-12 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Eastern Productions

Trivia:

Jet Li also played the title role in _Wong Fei-hung (1991)_, and when he tells the story about how he stated a fake name to the police officers, he says he gave his name as "Wong ...", strikes his trademark Wong Fei-Hung pose, and Wong's theme song ("Under the General's Orders") starts playing. Instead of "Wong ... Fei-Hung", he says "Wong ... Jing", referring to director Jing Wong.

Quotes:

Fong Sai-Yuk: [assaults "intruder"] Who are you?
Mother Fong: [removes disguise] I'm your mother.
Fong Sai-Yuk: Wow. Mom! You look just like a man!
Mother Fong: Yeah, and I just won Tiger Lu's daughter's hand in marriage.
Fong Sai-Yuk: Does Dad know?
Mother Fong: Nooo!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Wong Fei Hung (1991)

Exciting with a dash of comedy

Wow. After seeing this, Jet Li is truly awesome. But he's not the only one who shines here.

Fong Sai Yuk (Jet Li) is a young man who yearns to compete and backs it up with amazing kung fu. Jet is more carefree in this one and doesn't hesitate to fight. Josephine Siao plays his mother and she's such a character!! Any scene with her and Jet are just too funny! Michelle Reis plays the beautiful Ting Ting and has very good chemistry with Jet in the film (lucky guy!). Her dad Tiger Lu (Sung Young Chen) is quite a kooky character too and his mood swings provide for humor as well.

Now on to the action. The 'marriage' contest is AMAZING as Jet and Sibelle Hu are literally fighting over the crowd stepping from head to head, shoulder to shoulder. Jet really shows his prowess throughout the film fighting with fists, feet, swords, arrows and more! Credit deservedly goes to Corey Yuen who displays some of the most creative battles I've ever seen.

With a really cool soundtrack, great cast, humor and great kung fu, Fong Sai Yuk is really fun to watch.