Reviewed by: Gaijin84
Date: 06/29/2022
Summary: Throwaway garbage from Dragon Lee...
Dragon, the Young Master is far from Dragon Leeâs best work. In fact, it may be one of the worst Iâve seen to date. He plays Pai Wu-Lang, a young man who is essentially in search of the man that killed his father 5 years prior. In the meantime, he poses as the Silver Ninja, a white-masked man who steals ill-gotten protection money from the local tyrant, Meng Ting-Ko (Martin Chiu). Wu-Lang meets a local merchant, Cho Hsueh-Hua (Yuen Qiu) whose blind father is constantly harassed by Mengâs thugs. Luckily, Cho Chi-Chang (Lee Ye-Min) is able to take care of himself, despite his lack of sight. In a nod to Zatoichi, he handles a sword with speed and precision. A bounty hunter joins the mix as well and is on the Silver Ninjaâs heels in order to collect reward money for his capture. It turns out that Chi-Chang actually killed Ting-Koâs father in order to protect a hidden treasure from Meng and his brother (Kim Ki-Ju). When Chi-Chang goes to make amends for his mistake and kill the Meng brothers, Wu-Lang and Hsueh-Hua go to join him and help end the Mengsâ grip on the area.
There isnât much to recommend this film, albeit the Godfrey Ho dubbed and potentially edited version. Itâs nice to see Yuen Qiu in an early role, and she is fun to watch, but aside from that the cast is lackluster. Dragon Lee is regulated to comedy-fu, with ridiculous sound effects, slapstick fights and weak choreography. The villains are over the top and brainless in their actions. Even fights with the normally impressive Martin Chiu are silly and lame. Unless youâre interested in the snowy mountain and lake settings of South Korea, itâs best to avoid this
Reviewer Score: 3
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Reviewed by: Frank Lakatos
Date: 11/23/2005
Summary: Bullhorn fights and a blind Davey Crockett swordsman
A Korean production ripped off and redistributed by Joseph Lai IFD. This is one of Dragon Lee's silliest movies, including odd sounding sound effects, and one of the rare ocassions Dragon fights a villain using a head set with bull horns(Casanova Wong did the same in the Korean version of Ninja Holocaust). The interesting character in this movie is Li Yi Min, who plays a blind swordsman with a bamboo cane sword, wearing a Davey Crockett hat and clothes. Again, Kim Ki Ju and Chui Min Kyu play the villains, as they did in most of the Korean kung fu movies at the time. A movie with no budget and bad choreography, but the silliness of it makes it something to view if you have nothing left to watch. *(for the bull horn fight)/*****
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