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Eagle's Claw vs. Butterfly Palm
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $13.49
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Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Starring: Kuan-Chun Chi, Kang Chin, Hua Chung, Jang Lee Hwang, Kun Li
Directed By: Tien Lung Yu
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0601641244244
Format: Color
Label: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tai Seng
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-12-10
Running Time: 89
Studio: Tai Seng
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
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Customer Rating:
Summary: HORRIBLE PICTURE QUALITY makes this almost unwatchable
Comment: The picture clears up a bit by the end but it is hard to notice. Even if the movie was remastered in picture quality, the director obviously didn't take his time and it wouldn't even make much of a difference. Most scenes are very badly lit and the picture quality makes it basically unwatchable. I usually don't comment on the picture quality until the end of my review but this cannot be held off for later. Since I have thousands of movies including TV shows and many old movies that are bad bootlegs, I have seen worse picture quality, but not by much. Most people will find it unwatchable but I could stand it. It was very tough to sit through. I have seen nearly all of Tai Seng's Martial Arts Theater releases and this is above and beyond the worst in picture quality that I have seen. Most are more than watchable but this is a crime to release a movie in such poor quality. The movie really isn't any good so I guess it doesn't matter anyways.
The movie is set in the martial world and involves different clans fighting. The Butterfly Clan is the main story and the other clans look to stop them and the plot revolves around finding an antidote. The story is boring and forgettable but there are some good choreographed fight scenes. Not enough though. Chi Kuan-Chun has a cameo at the beginning and Leung Kar-Yan has a small role but both are highly underused.
Wong Hap has always been a good character actor but this story is just stupid. It makes no good use of the stars in the movie such as Chung Wa and Yueh Hua who were both great in 'Killer Clans'. Lo Lieh throws down at the end and it is decent. BIG TIME SPOILER ALERT!!!-Yuen Hua shows up for the final fight after appearing in the beginning and the ending is just about as horrible as the entire movie. END OF SPOLER ALERT THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU READ IT OR NOT. It is just a horrible movie all the way through and you can tell the director didn't even try. It is very sad to see all these great actors in a movie that should never be remembered.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Eagle's Claw vs. Butterfly Palm
Comment: What can I say about this one? I can first of all say that true kung fu fans will stay away from this totally crappy - I can't even call it kung fu. Let me tell you the perfect ingredients that produces totally crappy kung fu flicks: 1) Black magic drugs that makes fighters lose their sense of self (that is, they can't speak anymore after taking the drugs but understand hand gestures), will lose their fighting abilities in 30 days and become totally under the spell of an idiot playing a flute; 2) bad - or shall I say totally horrible choreographing; 3) a non-existent plot; 4) bad acting; and 5) lousy overdubs. There's more, but I'll only state my top five.
In this flick, you're suppose to see rival clans battle to the duel, but you will be completely clueless as to the cause of some of the fighting in the first place. They tried to insert a plot, but the idea totally sucked and is at best totally unbelievable. A real plot to a movie would be something that is believable and at the same time holds your attention throughout. You will be totally disappointed in this flick if you are used to being able to understand kung fu movies after you watch them.
If you want to watch a movie that totally leaves you in the dark, has a non-existent plot, contains crappy acting, choreography, and not too great overdubs then by all means - buy this one. A "1" rating is too much for this one!
Customer Rating:
Summary: "YOU ARE A LAMFKLDSNF!" "I UNDERSTAND!"
Comment: Let me say something about these MAT (Martial Arts Theatre)
dvd's! YOU WILL NOT FIND THESE ANYWHERE ELSE! Most of these
movies are lost and will never be found! You will have to put up
with the fact that these films can't be saved to perfection!
Perhaps a shot in a dark you will find even a few of these in
widescreen! Like Crash Cinema's My 12 Kung Fu Kicks! You should
be thankful that these films are still around and you should be
brown-nosing Tai Seng for keeping them alive as of today! Want
someone to blame for fullscreen crap, blame Ocean Shores! And
the hell with that stupid moron from dvdcult.com says about
these MAT films! He has no knowledge of the history of kung fu
cinema! My knowledge of this is limited too, but at least I know
some stuff, and this fruit don't know anything! This movie would
be a descent kung fu film, despite the very confusing story, if
the picture was better! And this is not vhs or tape quality
we're talking about, it's the movie itself! There are some
scenes in the movie where you can't see crap, but overall it is
somewhat watchable! DVD works of course!
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