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Black Belt Theatre: Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave/Chinese Vampire
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $3.76
Your Save: $ 11.19 ( 75% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Ground Zero
Starring: Black Belt Theatre Double Feature
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0694795402523
Format: Color
Label: Ground Zero
Manufacturer: Ground Zero
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Ground Zero
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2003-04-15
Studio: Ground Zero
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Customer Rating:
Summary: 1 decent movie and then a really bad one
Comment: KUNF FU FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE-Billy Chong stars in another supernatural movie after making the classic 'Kung Fu Zombie'. Sai Aan Dai(Bai Sai Ngai) from '10 Magnificent Killers' and 'Buddhist Fist' is a black magician who is stirring up all sorts of trouble and using human hearts to make his master invincible. The master played by the great Lo Lieh has trouble of his own because Billy Chong is here to kill him after receiving a message from his father that he must take revenge for him and Lo Lieh is the one who killed him. Alan Chui(Rebellious Reign) shows up as what seems a comedic role at first and some of the fights in this movie are definitely worth watching. Chui and Chong taking on Sai Aan Dai is the highlight of the film, with an appearance by Dracula as a close second. And don't be fooled by Sai Aan Dai's somewhat deformed eye. He is one bad mother AND he can call on Dracula whenever he needs help.
The final fight between Lieh and Chong is nice only to see these 2 go at it on screen together but overall it is dissapointing. 2.5/5 though if I had to choose I would go with a 3.
Picture quality is horrible and English dubbed
CHINESE VAMPIRE STORY-groundzero loves to rename movies and this movie is actually called 'Mr. Vampire #5' or 'Mr. Vampire 1992'. This is the first movie I have seen in the series and I defintely should not have started with the last entry. Lam Ching Ying starred in a lot of these movies where he played a Taoist priest and this is only the 3rd I have seen. While he gives a good performance, the movie is not a good vehicle for him. There is just not a lot going on. Chin Siu-hou(Fist of Legend) stars as one of Lam's assistants or pupils but doesn't really get to do much action. Maybe a punch or two and one brawl with some vampires but not nearly enough. Now if the story was good this would all be fine but it just drags along when there is no action and the only thing worth seeing is the general hopping around like a Chinese vampire. The finale is very unspectacular and you have to wonder if they just filmed this movie for a couple of days while shooting another project and added the special effects later. 1.5/5
Picture quality is horri-awful, has small black bars at the top and bottom, in is Chinese with burnt in imbedded subtitles. But you can actually read the subtitles! That is if you feel like it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dracula, Come To My Aid!!!
Comment: Holy crap! Two truly demented chop-socky epics on one disc for one low price. I would rate this disc a little higher if the transfer quality were better. Both films will appeal to fans of godawfully inept vampire-fu for sure, but just be warned that the audio/visual mastering is at times distractingly bad.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Some Classic Insanity
Comment: This DVD, from Ground Zero Entertainment's "Black Belt Theater" line, assembles two completely insane Hong Kong movies about the afterlife - "Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave" and "Mr. Vampire 1992" (incorrectly labelled "Chinese Vampire Story" on the box).
"Mr. Vampire 1992" (the fifth in a popular series) tells a practically incoherant story of babies aborted during pregnancy. These angry babies keep pop up in spirit form, doing wacky things like peeing on people's faces (very graphically, I might add - isn't there a law against this?). Also, there's a lot of really failed comedy...and vampires. It's nuts. Don't ask me to make sense of it.
"Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave" is even better. It's the crazy story of a young man visited by the zombie of his dead father. The father tells the young man to avenge his murder. This kung-fu monster mash has it all - even Dracula, in what I suppose is a guest appearance.
The DVD is crappy by any standards. Both the movies seem like second or third generation dupes, with lots of scratches and faded colors. "Mr Vampire 1992" looks slightly letterboxed (maybe 1.66:1), but, oddly, some of the special effects actually protrude onto the lower black bar. Go figure. There are no extras, which is unsurprising.
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Summary: Cream of the Crap!
Comment: I would first like to make two things completely clear:
1. I have only seen Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave so far, so my review will only be for that movie only, and not chinese vampire story.
2. The 5-star rating I have given this movie denotes that it's a five-star movie as far as crap kung fu movies go! If, on the other hand, you're looking for some cinematic masterpiece, you are encouraged to rent Citizen Kane or Schindler's list.
That being said...
First and foremost, if you're the type of person that would rent a movie called "Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave" then, more than likely, you're the type of person who's going to greatly enjoy it.
Pretty basic plotline, good guy seeks revenge against evil guy who runs a city through violence and bribery for killing his father. Of course, it wont be that easy. The evil boss guy is protected by a great fighter and a powerful wizard who controls POWER OF MAGIC and looks strangely like professional wrestler, The Rock.
Also, the evil bad guy has evil aspirations become impervious to all attacks and weapons thanks to an evil spell being put upon him by his evil wizard, who does evil. The truly sinister evil thing about this evil man's evil plan is that the spell requires human hearts, plucked from unsuspecting victims while they are in the throwes of passion. evil.
The good guy has a few proverbial aces up his sleeve as well though, including a hunchback and his zombie-pet-friend-things, a magic spell book and a kung fu ninja government agent.
The plotline may not sound impressive, but you really learn a lot during the course of the movie. For example:
- Zombies hop like bunnies and listen to prayers with antennas that stick out of their coffins.
- If you have power of magic on your side, you can turn the tip of your finger into a bomb.
- Hell has a system of currency and you can bribe Hell's police to let you come to the real world to talk to your son.
- Simply by burning a wad of one dollar bills, you can summon a smarmy little Count Dracula to fight battles for you.
If the promise of a movie merging kung fu with the undead tempts you, then give into your temptation right now, this crap's for you!
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