Wong Fei Hung: Chi tit gai dau neung gung (1993)

Directors:

Jing Wong
Woo-ping Yuen

Writer:

Jing Wong (writer)

Release Date:

1 April 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | History

Plot:

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Art | Kidnapping | Wong Fei Hong | China | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jet Li	...	Wong Fei-hung (as Lin-kit Lee)
Sharla Cheung	...	Ti Yi-er (as Man Cheung)
Dicky Cheung	...	So (as Wai-kin Cheung)
Pak-cheung Chan	...	Mass Tar Wong 'Mr Pimp'
Ka-Yan Leung	...	Leung Fu
Chia Hui Liu	...	Master Liu Heung (as Ka-fai Lau)
Alan Chui Chung San	...	Legate Officer Lui (as Chung-san Chui)
Tiet Wo Chu	...	Chow Hung (as Tit-wo Chu)
Anita Yuen	...	Miss Nine (as Wing-yi Yuen)
King-Tan Yuen	...	Madame
Isabel Leung	...	Hooker (as Pui-wu Leung)
Tin-yi Ku	...	Hooker
Linda Cheung	...	Hooker (as Lan-ying Cheung)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chung-Shun Chu	...	Ching Wa
Fat Chung	...	Yuen Long
Julie Lee	...	Hooker
Mike V. Szuc	...	Gentleman in tailor's shop

Also Known As:

Claws of Steel (UK)
Deadly China Hero (USA)
Huang Fei Hong: Zhi tie ji dou wu gong (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Iron Rooster vs. the Centipede
Last Hero in China (Hong Kong: English title)
Tie ji dou wu gong
Wong Fei Hong's Iron Rooster vs. Centipide (International: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

111 min | Germany:103 min | UK:90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | UK:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Win's Film Productions

Trivia:

In the scene where Ah So, Leung Fu and Mass Tar Wong attack the temple, Mass Tar Wong attacks a perverted monk on behalf of Wong Fei-Hung, Miss Nine and Beggar So. When asked by the perverted monk who Beggar So is, Mass Tar Wong says he doesn't know. Beggar So was originally one of the Ten Tigers of Canton along with Wong Kei-Ying and he is often associated with the Chinese fighting form "Drunken Boxing".

Quotes:

Legate Officer Lui: Wine can't give you guts! Wait, you promised your father not to drink any wine. Well I'll represent your dad and punish you!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Wong Fei Hung (1991)

Strangely out of line with the other Wong Fei Hong movies.

I was surprised at this movie. It seemed so unlike all the other Wong Fei Hong movies starring Jet Li. There were several hilarious gags in the movie, really funny stuff, but I also had a real problem with the casting for the role of Fu. Why they chose somebody who isn't a young rascal like the character has typically been, instead going for someone who looks much older than Jet Li, is beyond me.

The kung fu in this movie is pretty good, but the movie itself is overly comic. It's good, but not what I was prepared for in a Wong Fei Hong movie.