Kung Fu Traveler (2017)

Aliens have invaded and overtaken the Earth. Trying to escape defeat, a Chinese General (Tiger Chen) is accidentally sent back in time while trying to devise a way to defeat the alien ... See full summary »

Director:

Xian Feng Zhang

Writer:

Hua Liu

Stars:

Tiger Hu Chen, Darren Grosvenor, Gang Sheng

Cast

Credited cast:
Tiger Hu Chen	...	Jie
Darren Grosvenor	...	Dulan
Gang Sheng	...	DaShiXiong
Zhi Wang	...	Xu Ziying
Yunfei Ye	...	ZhouXiaoHua
Svitlana Zavialova	...	Bugu Bird

Storyline

Aliens have invaded and overtaken the Earth. Trying to escape defeat, a Chinese General (Tiger Chen) is accidentally sent back in time while trying to devise a way to defeat the alien invaders. Stars Tiger Chen of "Man of Taichi" and "The Matrix"

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

User Reviews

What did I just watch?... Robots. Aliens. Time traveling. Kung Fu...

Sure, "Kung Fu Traveler" was a cheesy movie. No doubt about it. I mean, with a storyline about mankind being almost eradicated by alien invaders, and the Chinese armed forces sending a robot and a woman soldier 200 years back in time in order for the robot to learn Southern Kung Fu to bring back to the future, in order to fight the alien overlords and give mankind a fighting chance.

Yeah, it doesn't get any more corny or campy that than.

But guess what? This actually worked, because the movie was cheesy enough to actually be enjoyable and entertaining. Yeah, it was one of those types of movies. Sure, the storyline was predictable and amazingly straight forward with zero surprises, but it was made watchable by the cheesy storyline.

Something that also worked for "Kung Fu Traveler" was the action and martial art scenes and sequences, because they were quite nicely choreographed and executed on the screen. And it was nice to watch the likes of Tiger Hu Chen fighting on the screen - despite him being a robot.

The CGI effects in the movie, for the robots and aliens were dubious at best. They moved in very stunted and awkward manners, which looked fake and looked like something from a 1990s computer game, truth be told.

While "Kung Fu Traveler" definitely was watchable, it wasn't an outstanding movie. I am rating it a very mediocre five out of ten stars.

Details

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Country:

China

Language:

Chinese English

Release Date:

1 February 2017 (China)

Also Known As:

Kung Fu Cyborg

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color