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Four Riders

Original title: Si qi shi
  • 19721972
  • RR
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
194
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Kuan Tai Chen, David Chiang, Lung Ti, and Chung Wang in Four Riders (1972)
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This prime example of director/co-writer Chang Cheh's mastery takes place right after the Korean War, as a kung-fu master, combat instructor, explosives expert, and missle specialist heroica... Read allThis prime example of director/co-writer Chang Cheh's mastery takes place right after the Korean War, as a kung-fu master, combat instructor, explosives expert, and missle specialist heroically represent the Book of Revelation's four riders against murder, corruption, jealous and... Read allThis prime example of director/co-writer Chang Cheh's mastery takes place right after the Korean War, as a kung-fu master, combat instructor, explosives expert, and missle specialist heroically represent the Book of Revelation's four riders against murder, corruption, jealous and greed.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
194
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  • Director
    • Cheh Chang
  • Writers
    • Cheh Chang
    • Kuang Ni
  • Stars
    • David Chiang
    • Lung Ti
    • Kuan Tai Chen
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  • Director
    • Cheh Chang
  • Writers
    • Cheh Chang
    • Kuang Ni
  • Stars
    • David Chiang
    • Lung Ti
    • Kuan Tai Chen
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Four Riders (1972)
    Four Riders (1972)
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    David Chiang
    David Chiang
    • Chin Yias Chin Yi
    Lung Ti
    Lung Ti
    • Feng Hsiehas Feng Hsieh
    Kuan Tai Chen
    Kuan Tai Chen
    • Li Wei-shias Li Wei-shi
    Chung Wang
    Chung Wang
    • Kao Ying-hanas Kao Ying-han
    Li Ching
    Li Ching
    • Song-hwaas Song-hwa
    Lily Li
    Lily Li
    • Wen Hsias Wen Hsi
    Tina Chin-Fei
    Tina Chin-Fei
    • Yin Huaas Yin Hua
    Yasuaki Kurata
    Yasuaki Kurata
    • Lei Taias Lei Tai
    • (as Akira Kurata)
    Andre Marquis
    • Boss Hawkeas Boss Hawke
    Ti Lu
    Ti Lu
    • MP commanderas MP commander
    Ching Wong
    Ching Wong
    • Hawke's bodyguardas Hawke's bodyguard
    • (as Tsing Wang)
    Kuang Yu Wang
    Kuang Yu Wang
    • Hawke's manas Hawke's man
    Tse Lin Yang
    Tse Lin Yang
    • Korean M.P.as Korean M.P.
    Kang Liu
    Kang Liu
    • Hawke's manas Hawke's man
    Chia Wen Pao
    • Korean M.P.as Korean M.P.
    Chia-Yung Liu
    Chia-Yung Liu
    • Hawke's manas Hawke's man
    • (as Yung Liu)
    Lung Lei
    • Korean M.P.as Korean M.P.
    Pei-Chi Huang
    Pei-Chi Huang
    • Hawke's manas Hawke's man
    • Director
      • Cheh Chang
    • Writers
      • Cheh Chang
      • Kuang Ni
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    Storyline

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      The story depicts the period immediately after Korean War ended in 1953 but whole city scenes of Seoul, Korea shown in the movie is in fact 18 years later - 1971 - when Seoul is already and completely restored from wretched war ruins.

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    7/10
    THEY DIED WITH THEIR KUNG-FU BOOTS ON!
    In order to approach correctly the several Kung-Fu classics film-director Chang Cheh made in the first half of the 70's, one must be aware he was a sort of Chinese Sam Peckimpah: in that his male heroes always are outcasts who dies fighting against the evil. FOUR RIDERS is another excellent example of this poetic theme, even if not as good as VENGEANCE! (1970) or DUEL OF THE IRON FISTS (1971). Chang Cheh puts together his usual ensemble of actors from his heydays, former Kung-Fu champion Chen Kuan Tai, the golden duo David Chiang-Ti Lung, the sidekick Wang Chung, all four playing chineses war vets after the Korea's war who don't have a place in civil life. One of them is framed by a gang of drug traffikers and so the others end up involved in a deadly battle with no happy ending. The setting is Seoul but the mixing between the on-location scenes and the usual Shaw Bros' scenographic reconstructions is goofy, as well as the haircuts and dressing are typical 70's fare instead of 50's. Aside this flaw, the movie works thanks the charm of the cast and the good action coreography courtesy by the future legend director Lau Kar Leung (helped by his colleagues Tang Chia). The final massacre where everybody dies (except the big boss played by Kurata, arrested by the military police) is all in all pure Chang Cheh, in that his pessimistic look clearly points out the four soldiers are modern incarnations of the moral code of the ancient chinese warriors, as demonstrated by the first scene (four guys arriving in the snowy country) and the last one (the same four leave in the snowy country) plus an elegiac slow-moving scene of four ancient chinese warriors galloping away). Blink and you miss future superstar Alexander Fu Sheng as one of the soldiers in the nightclub.
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    • Release date
      • December 22, 1972 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • English
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Strike 4 Revenge
    • Filming locations
      • Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, China
    • Production company
      • Shaw Brothers
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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