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Showdown at the Cotton Mill
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
Starring: Chi Kuan-Chun
Directed By: Wu Ma
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
EAN: 0787364677290
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Bci / Eclipse
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bci / Eclipse
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-02-14
Running Time: 84
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
Theatrical Release Date: 1978
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Editorial Reviews:
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With its fast-paced action sequences and lavish period-piece production design the Hong Kong film SHOWDOWN AT COTTON MILL is one of the forgotten and rarely seen classics of old-school kung fu cinema. Shaw Brothers regular Chi Kuan Chun stars as a master of the Southern Fist fighting style prompting the imperial Ching dynasty to send in a Wu Tang Northern Leg master to take down the rebel in an action-packed series of martial-arts battles.System Requirements:Running Time 84 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â SPORTS/GAMES/MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Rating:Â NR UPC:Â 787364677290
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Summary: simply great!!!
Comment: a truely great kung fu flick. great fight scenes from beginning to end. pretty good story line too. for some reason i loved the fact that it moved between black and white and color throughout the movie. it made me feel like i was watching a real old school classic. but in reality its not that old. its just bad conversion to dvd format i think. again i emphasize the kung fu being top notch, i was very surprised i never heard of it before downloading it. i had to buy it and add it to the collection. for any collector reading this, buy it and feel good that its part of the collection..:)
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Summary: A Diamond in the Rough and Rare
Comment: GOOD LORD ! this film was excavated from a vault and seeing the transfer it is definitely believable,I wasn't sure if this thing is black and white or what,almost color?,yes,it is color,and this is also in Chinese with subtitles and 16x9 widescreen,so,this film,1978,is supposedly rare and is also one of the best martial arts films out there and this I know is true,Shaw Brothers star,Chi Kuan-Chun,just flat out shows us how martial arts is done with authority kicking a-- throughout the entire film,no slacking in this one folks,Showdown at the Cotton Mill,from Rarescope is a must,also featuring interviews with the actors.
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Summary: A rough transfer of a good movie.
Comment: The action in this movie is on par or better then most movies of its time. The story is relatively easy to follow as well. The big problem with this movie is the transfer is really rough and jumpy in some places. In one spot the coloration of the movie goes a little crazy and becomes a greenish yellow and most of the detail is lost. Also lost in many spots are the subtitles. White subtitles on light / white backgrounds are difficult, if not impossible, to read.
It's a movie worth owning, but it is also worth waiting for a better transfer to come along.
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Summary: Northern Legs vs Southern Fists
Comment: Chi Kuan-Chun ("The Ways of Kung Fu") plays Hu Hui Chien, hero of Shaolin and bitter enemy of the Wu-Tang. After numerous assassination attempts and the infiltration of Shaolin all fail, the Wu-Tang send in Master Ko (Dorian Tan) and his powerful kicks to finish Hu off.
This movie is pretty good. The fights won't blow anyone away, but they're fluid and interesting. Chi Kuan Chun's movements are solid and impressive. The story is decent too. Chang Cheh's "2 Champions of Shaolin" (starring the Venoms) is VERY similar to this, and has a couple of scenes that are nearly identical.
Though I own (far too) few of their releases, I'm really starting to like Rarescope. This one was considered lost when they salvaged it. Though it is subtitled only and they are often difficult to read, I'll take this over nothing, any old day. It's also in widescreen, as all fu should be. The first couple of minutes are very choppy but settles quickly. The DVD has a few special features, including an interview from 2005 with Chi Kuan-Chun and Ching Kuo-Chung, an older Tae Kwon Do exhibition from Dorian Tan, and a 5 Animal Style demonstration from Chi Kuan-Chun, along with previews for some other Rarescope releases. Features are cool, but the movie is much more of a treat.
1978. aka: "Bold Face, Heart and Blood"
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Summary: STONEFACE VS. FLASH LEGS
Comment: this is arguably in chi kuan chun's aka stoneface top 5 movies he's done outside of shaw bros. the reason is that he has a formidable opponent in dorian tan tao liang aka flash legs. i swear nobody ends their opponents better than chi kuan chun not even the god bruce lee can end his opponents so precisely like the legendary chi kuan chun can. thats what hun gar style does to you. you can beat him down but somehow in all of his movies he comes back with a vengenace and he never smiles thats why they call him stoneface and when he smiles its only a few seconds or when youre beating the hell out of him. what i like about him is that he is tough and he aint dynamic or fancy he just knows how to fight. he's built like a tank and tall he has what you call that lean physique. all the tools in a great fighter just about. then we have flash legs who is arguably a top 3 kicker in the genre up there woth wong jang lee and john liu. he did this one kick in the movie and kept his leg in the air like 30 seconds thats amazing its a great display of his flexibility. thats what makes the end fight so spectacular because like i said if he kicks you you'll feel it and thats chi kuan chun said. he said it hurt when he kicked him but then chi kuan chun is so rezilliant he comes back and ends you in a split second. the fights are credit to a guy named chang peng who had a role in the movie as well. so lets all give thanks to rarescope for giving us this classic even though the picture is bad with typical old school choppy editing but bare in mind that this was lost for nearly 30 years. it is in 2:35.1 widescreen and mandarin with english subtitles you can hardly read but its adefinitely worth $7 or so a great price.
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