The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
"Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau" (original title)

A parody of Louis Cha's novel The Eagle Shooting Heroes (thats the literal translation). Story begins with the Queen of Golden Wheel Kingdom had an affair with her cousin West Poison, and ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeffrey Lau

Writers:

Louis Cha (novel), Jeffrey Lau (screenplay)

Stars:

Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung

Cast

Cast overview:
Leslie Cheung	...	HuangYao-shih
Brigitte Lin	...	Third Princess
Maggie Cheung	...	Imperial Master
Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Ou-yang Feng
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Tuan Wang-yeh
Jacky Cheung	...	Hung Chi
Carina Lau	...	Chou Po-tung
Joey Wang	...	Wang's Sweetheart
Veronica Yip	...	Ou-yang Feng's Cousin
Kenny Bee	...	Wang Chung-yang, the Taoist

Storyline

A parody of Louis Cha's novel The Eagle Shooting Heroes (thats the literal translation). Story begins with the Queen of Golden Wheel Kingdom had an affair with her cousin West Poison, and they planned to take over the Kingdom. The 3rd Princess discovered their treason, but she was defeated by West Poison. She flees and sought her master's help. He told her of a powerful secret martial arts manual hidden in the mountains and told her by retrieving the manual and learning it she would be able to defeat West Poison. But things get complicated along the way when West Poison beat her to it and stole the secret manual away. She soon gathers an alliance to challenge West Poison's exponentially increased new power.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

5 February 1993 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Eagle Shooting Heroes

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jet Tone Production, Scholar Films Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Ashes of Time (1994)

User Reviews

Don't try to understand, just have fun

This is one of the wildest, most confusing and most enjoyable films I have seen in awhile. There are 6 or 7 plotlines (I think) and I couldn't even keep straight who was male and who was female much less what their story was. Granted I can't speak cantonese and I don't get a lot of the cultural references but I think even if I was Chinese I would have a hard time figuring out what the heck is going on.

But ultimately it doesn't matter! If you like HK epic costume/swordfighting/kung fu period pieces, then don't miss this. There are love triangles/quadrangles/pentangles, guys running around in gorilla suits, centipedes crawling around in people's stomaches. They put everything they could think of in this one. I particularly like the announcement of all the ridiculous "techniques". (try and guess what move "monkey stealing peaches" is)

If that doesn't convince you, Bridgette Lin AND Maggie Cheung. Just turn your brain off and watch.