Kung Fu Killer (2008) (TV)

Director:

Philip Spink

Writers:

Jacqueline Feather (written by) &
David Seidler (written by)
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Release Date:

17 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Blood Spatter | Warlord | Chinaman | Bayonet | Violence

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

David Carradine	...	Crane
Daryl Hannah	...	Jane
James Taenaka	...	Bingo (as Jimmy Taenaka)
Kay Tong Lim	...	Khan (as Lim Kay Tong)
Yu Beng Lim	...	Bai (as Lim Yu-Beng)
Osric Chau	...	Lang Han
Christian Lee	...	Tong (as Christian Joel Lee)
Yan Wu Yan	...	Lian (as Yan Yan Wu)
Pei-pei Cheng	...	Myling (as Cheng Pei Pei)
Gary Peterman	...	Hoggins
Nic Rhind	...	Peter Marshall
Rosalind Pho	...	Wei
Vasilios E.	...	Sergenov
Yin Long Han	...	Toad (as Han Yin Long)
Nolan Willard	...	Young Crane
Gilbert Kupsami	...	Beresov
James Z. Feng	...	Trader
Yong Li Xiao	...	Young Bai (as Li Xiao Yong)
Luo Cai Xia	...	Kahn's Female Servant (as Luo Xiao)
Anya	...	Loo
Ling Yun Bai	...	Beggar Lady (as Bai Ling Yun)
Karen Bergen	...	Crane's Mother
Li-Tong Hsu	...	Head Siren
Jun Cheng Hong	...	Hong (as Cheng Hong Jun)

Directed by
Philip Spink

Writing credits
Jacqueline Feather		(written by) &
David Seidler		(written by)
John Mandel		uncredited

Produced by
Matthew O'Connor	....	producer
Michael O'Connor	....	producer
Shan Tam	....	producer

Original Music by
Jim Guttridge

Cinematography by
Man-Ching Ng

Film Editing by
Mike Banas

Casting by
PoPing AuYeung

Production Design by
Thomas Chong

Costume Design by
Thomas Chong

Makeup Department
Jacky Wilkinson	....	makeup artist
Chen Su Yuan	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Jianming Zhang	....	production manager

Sound Department
Dennis Chen	....	sound recordist
Amy Giammarco	....	post audio supervisor
Gord Hillier	....	dialogue editor
Brad Hillman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tanya Hnuta	....	assistant dialogue editor
Leung Man Kin	....	boom operator
Johnny Ludgate	....	sound effects editor
Maureen Murphy	....	foley artist
Bill Sheppard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gordon Sproule	....	foley mixer
Elaine Stef	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Dan Brittain	....	digital compositor
Ian Fenton	....	lead digital compositor
Tim Mulvihill	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Wei Bo	....	stunt performer
Bing-Chuen Cheung	....	stunt performer
Li Fei Cui	....	stunt performer
Yi Zhu Fan	....	stunt performer
Hui Feng	....	stunt performer
Xiao Nan Han	....	stunt performer
Bin Lin Jim	....	stunt performer
Tse Ming Lao	....	stunt performer (as Tze Ming Lau)
Ka Hung Leung	....	stunt performer
Cai Li	....	fight choreographer (as Li Cai)
Cheng Long Li	....	stunt performer
Jian Bo Liang	....	stunt performer
Chong Chong Liu	....	stunt performer
Ning Mu	....	stunt performer
Ya Lun Qiao	....	stunt performer
Chiu Yau Tang	....	stunt performer
De Ming Wang	....	stunt performer
Kun Wang	....	stunt performer
Li Wei	....	stunt coordinator
Sun Yong	....	stunt performer
Bai Lin Yuh	....	stunt performer (as Ling Yun Bai)
Ke Zhou	....	stunt performer

Casting Department
Wendy Wang Wei	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Nancy Elizabeth McKenzie	....	post-production coordinator
Graham Tucker	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Daryl Hannah	....	songs performed by

Other crew
Karen Bergen	....	production accountant
Xiao Jun Fei	....	choreographer
Shi Feng	....	assistant fight choreographer
Jian Ting Huang	....	stand-in
Zhan Tao	....	stand-in
Christina Trbovich	....	production coordinator
Jun Kang Wang	....	assistant fight choreographer

Production Companies

• RHI Entertainment
• Reunion Pictures

Distributors

• Sky One (2008) (UK) (TV)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• EuroVideo (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Spike TV (2008) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• DBC Sound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"The White Crane Chronicles" - USA (alternative title)
"Kung Fu Kingdom" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG

Company:

RHI Entertainment

Trivia:

Made for Spike TV's Spike Guy Movies original programming

Welcome back Anya

"Kung Fu Killer"'s main drawing card is that it reunites two big names from "Kill Bill" - David Carradine and Daryl Hannah - but let's face it, this is not the shining moment in either of their careers: Carradine is getting too old and static to participate in continuous action scenes, and Hannah has a rather thankless "object of desire" role. The real reason for which I would recommend seeing this film is the presence of Anya as a henchwoman. Apparently she had a near-fatal car accident in 2003, but she returned to her career, and despite a couple of remaining scars, she still looks stunningly beautiful. She also seems to have worked on both her martial arts skills (impressive) and her acting (arguably the best in the film - though her character suffers at points from poor writing, and it seems as if the writers wanted to suggest that she is lesbian but not go "all the way"). The story is kind of slow and plain, but the production values are passable, and there is some good fighting at certain points; I liked how the choreographers incorporated choking / grappling techniques in the fights - particularly when Lin Tong Hsu (the Head Siren) used them! (**)