Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
Reviewed by: Rindge on 1999-12-09
Why does everyone crow over this movie? I think it was medicore compared to the 8 diagram pole fighter. Don't get me wrong the kung-fu at the end starting with battle against Gordon liu and ending with I believe his other brother was fantastic. Especially when they did battle with the 18 different weapons, but the last 20 minutes of a movie does not make it a great film. Besides the ending fight scenes, the movie never focused and it could have surely done without the comedy relief with the manure and the river. What a waste of time. The overall message about kung-fu and mysticism not being able to stop the gweilos fire rods was a great theme, but they failed in executing. Therefore, this movie which some consider a classic only gets three stars versus four stars in my rating system. Four stars are reserved for the true classics like 8 diagram, killer constable, opium and the kung-fu master, or buddhist fist.