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

Eagle Shooting Wacky

There's "anything goes" and there's "Eagle Shooting Heros". About as unhinged as HK style comedy can get. Shot during a lull in shooting Wong Kar Wai's "Ashes of Time", this film seems partially improvised on the spot.

There's some sort of plot but it's really an excuse for the stars to run about in crazy "Persian" costumes or to cross-dress. Explosion kung fu, a gorilla, a 6 ft. talking bird, a floating head, flying boots, time-reversing kung fu, a soccer match and lots of unrestrained wire fu. It begins crazy, stays crazy and ends crazy.

Does it work? The actors are having fun and that rubs off on the viewer, however I found the film's lack of a real structure tiresome. The scenes comes off more like elaborate TV skits. Lots of obscure HK film references might bore the average viewer. But to the film's credit every time I was losing interest they do something so silly I was laughing again. The energy is so high that the hit and miss nature of the whole production isn't much of a problem. The martial arts are done for comedy's sake and are really sped up.

This is one of the most extreme examples of wacky HK comedy. Not used to HK comedy? You might be advised to skip this one at first. Or get ready to watch it over the course of several viewings because it can be exhausting to watch.