Ku yue liu xing zhan (1979) User Reviews

Pretty rubbish apart from the man Tan

[shandalson · 3/10 · 9 July 2007]

I bought this title purely for the cover art (which looked cool) and the man Tan Tao Liang, one of the best kickers in kung fu movies. It can be a game of chance with these budget price flicks, as Im sure many of you have found. Sometimes a classic will be uncovered, other times a total dud. This movie is one of the latter. In terms of plot I cant even remember the outline (It was that memorable) something to do with a lethal killer wearing cool straw hat headgear. Tan is his friend, and adds a small shade of class to the proceedings. However the fights are some of the most poorly choreographed I have seen in a seventies kung fu film, with lazy angles and low impact choreography. One scene also tries to emulate the Exorcist with subliminal images and a flying skull. This is actually the unintentionally hilarious highlight of the film. One to avoid

Nondescript, aside from the gold-skinned baddie

[Leofwine_draca · 4/10 · 11 August 2017]

HERO OF THE TIME is a typical nondescript kung fu movie from Taiwan. The story is so light and sketchy that it barely sustains the running time. The hero of the piece is the one and only 'Flash Legs' Tan, whose high-kicking talents always seem to be wasted in productions like this one. The story features a memorable villain in the form of a gold-skinned warlord and it's going to take a powerful fighter to beat him. Tan is underutilised here, and even more so are the guest roles for Chen Sing and Lung Fei, the latter in his stock villain role.