"Shaolin Deadly Kicks" is one of many commonly found martial arts films in DVD multipacks (at least in the United States). At least the name is good. I found this one on Mill Creek's Martial Arts Masters pack.
This one stars Tao-Liang Tan who was a martial arts instructor specializing in kicking. He defeats most of his foes by kicking them repeatedly. The result is that the fights end up being rather dull in which the same attacks are shown over and over. It becomes tiresome.
The plot is something out of a spaghetti western. Seven thieves steal a map which they divide into pieces with each of them keeping one. The decide to bury the treasure the map describes so they can retrieve it later.
Tan plays a police officer looking for the treasure as part of an investigation. He has a secondary motivation we don't recall. The mundane nature of his motivation strips the film of any real involvement by us as audience.
The result is a film that feels like a series of shorts edited together for a feature release. A better plot and more diverse fighting techniques would have really helped.
This one stars Tao-Liang Tan who was a martial arts instructor specializing in kicking. He defeats most of his foes by kicking them repeatedly. The result is that the fights end up being rather dull in which the same attacks are shown over and over. It becomes tiresome.
The plot is something out of a spaghetti western. Seven thieves steal a map which they divide into pieces with each of them keeping one. The decide to bury the treasure the map describes so they can retrieve it later.
Tan plays a police officer looking for the treasure as part of an investigation. He has a secondary motivation we don't recall. The mundane nature of his motivation strips the film of any real involvement by us as audience.
The result is a film that feels like a series of shorts edited together for a feature release. A better plot and more diverse fighting techniques would have really helped.