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Duel to the Death
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Cheung, Paul Chang, Casanova Wong
Directed By: Siu-Tung Ching
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543100911
Format: Anamorphic
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-12-30
Running Time: 87
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1982
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Summary: "Believe me, my sword loves impaling traitors like you!"
Comment: Highly entertaining film that pits the best in Japan against the greatest in China for an annual "Duel To The Death" to prove their respective martial arts superiority. The movie gets most everything right by making both our Chinese and Japanese leads near equals (and both likeable in different ways) rather than leaning heavily towards one over the other. It also does a nice job subtley showing the differences and similarities of the two cultures locked in battle (from garb and swords to ethics and beliefs). The fighting here is pretty good although rarely lasting longer than a few minutes and implements Wuxia style flying and jumps here and there (this is an early film of Hero choreographer Siu-Tung Ching). The violence is exagerated and graphic with enough blood and limbs being hacked off to keep me happy including an excellent decapitation! As far as the production goes I was impressed with the killer soundtrack and memorable/bizzare visuals including a sky full of ninjas flying on kites, a talking severed head, a huge ninja that splits into several (including a fully nude female!), a legless man storming around on crutches... and the effects are all top notch (this is 1982 people?!). The finale finally matches China's master swordsman against Japan's finest samurai and the results are a gruesome and entertaining way to top everything off. The DVD release from Fox/Fortune Star looks and sounds great (and can be bought on the cheap) although the "special features" include nothing but 2 trailors?!
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Summary: Expecting More, but still enjoyed the Movie !
Comment: From seeing the trailer on other movies, and some of the reviews here on Amazon, I was expecting a great Martial Arts movie. I did enjoy the movie and some of the martial arts scenes, but there seems to be some major gaps in this 1993 version of the film I have. The editing is horrible. There has to be some scenes that were left out!
The basic plot is that every year the best swordsman from Japan and China meet in a battle at a Temple in China. Both of the main actors are very good, and there final battle is pretty cool, but I wished it lasted longer. In between there is a subplot of ninjas who are trying to kidnap the best martial artists of China.
Some of the fight scenes are cool, but they are also very choppy. In one scene, you can blatantly still see the wires holding up the actors. It is 2007, those wires should be zapped out with computer tech.
The ending is horrible! I thought, "that is it?"... there was so much promise!
A good movie, but I am not sure why it is on some people's list of Top 10 Martial Arts movies?
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Summary: One of the best endings possible
Comment: this movie really kicks a**.one of the most interesting fight scenes ever seen.and they weren't playing when they said fight to the death.I would highly recommend the movie for all martial arts lovers like myself.
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Summary: Old "skool" Kung Fu!!
Comment: This flick was just o.k for me,,,I'm not one to enjoy kung fu where the dudes fly through the air like birds,,aswell,,I'm not too into swords play,,that killed it for me. The story however, was great,,the fight scenes nicely choreographed. However, don't think I would re-visit this one,,,for me it's just a one time watch!!
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Summary: Best Kung Fu Movie I've Seen to Date!!
Comment: This is by far the best kung fu movie that I have seen so far! I bought and watched other movies before I wrote this review and I've not bought a kung fu movie from Amazon that can even compare with this movie. The picture quality was outstanding! The movie itself was great; great fight scenes and the very last fight scene was WOW!!! The ninjas were great in this film too! I would recommend this movie to anyone!!! It is worth every penny!!
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