Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger....
08-26-03, 09:58 PM
#1
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Posts: 10,928
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger....
OK, the title and cover are lame rip-offs of Crouching Tiger, but the movie is actually a pretty good (if low-budget) standard Hong Kong swordplay flick. Nice to see Sammo Hung and Cheng Pei Pei still kicking butt on-screen more than 30 years after they first started making martial arts movies. As long as you're not expecting the production values of Crouching Tiger or Hero, I think this one would entertain most HK action fans.
Anyone else see this one?
Anyone else see this one?
08-26-03, 10:35 PM
#2
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
If this is the same movie I remember reading about a year or so ago, this movie actually created it's title before CTHD.
EDIT: Actually, a little searching revealed that this started filming right after the release of CTHD, so I guess I remembered wrong.
EDIT: Actually, a little searching revealed that this started filming right after the release of CTHD, so I guess I remembered wrong.
Last edited by Tom Banjo; 08-26-03 at 10:58 PM.
08-26-03, 10:48 PM
#3
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Ive not yet seen it. I remember hearing about it a while ago. Someone involved with the movie was bashing CTHD and praising their own movie. That really turned me off to seeing this. It might not have been this movie but im pretty sure it was.
08-27-03, 10:51 AM
#5
DVD Talk Hero
I remember reading about this film, back when it was still (apparently) filming (though I may have missread), in Sammo Hung's official website. I wasleft with the impression that it was meant to be a parody of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
08-27-03, 11:03 AM
#6
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Posts: 10,928
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
No, it didn't end up as a parody, and in fact it's got a very serious tone with almost no comedy. It's got the usual flaws of early 90's HK period pieces: cheesy synthesizer score, soap-opera melodrama and some choppy editing. But, it's all set in the desert, so it's got some cool cinematography, and there are a lot of great swordfights. I got it for $10.95 at HKflix, and it was worth it for me to see those two stars in action again.
08-27-03, 11:09 AM
#7
DVD Talk Hero
Thanks for letting me know, Ky-Fi. I was planning on seeing it even when I thought it was a parody. Now that I know it's mean to be its own film, my interest has gone up a notch.
08-27-03, 12:32 PM
#8
DVD Talk Legend
Whew! I thought this was another one of those damn (and painfully unfunny) Leslie Neilson parodies.
08-28-03, 01:59 AM
#9
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally posted by Daytripper
Whew! I thought this was another one of those damn (and painfully unfunny) Leslie Neilson parodies.
Whew! I thought this was another one of those damn (and painfully unfunny) Leslie Neilson parodies.
