A mysterious swordswoman named Golden Swallow is sent to rescue a young official who has been kidnapped. Aided by Drunken Cat, a kung-fu master disguised as a beggar, she hatches a daring plan to assa...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 27, 2008
Stats: 99 reviews
With singing heroes, cross-dressing heroines, narcissistic villains, and fantastical action choreographed like dance, the film launched a new wave of Hong Kong filmmaking and you can feel its' influence in everything from Bruce Lee in the 1970s to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master to ...( read more)
the first hong kong martial arts film from shaw bros, directed by king hu. highly influential and entertaining; this was the inspiration for crouching tiger, hidden dragon. beautiful cheng pei pei is badass as gold swallow, who defeats the tiger mob with the help of a drunken m...( read more)
Interesting turning point in Shaw Brothers (and martial arts films in general), combining both realistic martial arts with the fantasy superpower martial arts. Influencial and entertaining.
Considering this film was released in 1966, and the directing style is amazing even in comparison to the later martial arts classic, the patchy spots that are peppered throughout are easily overlooked.
This film really creates fight scenes where you feel something is at stake. So...( read more)
After watching A Touch of Zen, I decided to check out a few more classic martial arts movies. I decided to check in on a DVD series called Dragon Dynasty, having been impressed by the work they did on the copy of John Woo's Hard Boiled I picked up a while back. Looking through th...( read more)
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Fantastic cinematography, some memorable scenes (like the inn scene at the very beggining) but poor storyline. For a better Golden Swallow movie, watch "Golden Swallow!", which is great Wuxia in all aspects.
Ok you have to understand that this bad boy was made in 1966. Its amazing for its time. there are some very hard cuts in the editing that take you out of the movie from time to time but in all its beautifully filmed and is a land mark in Honk Kong cinema. Give it a look to see so...( read more)
A truly classic piece from the great Shaw Brothers, even ahead for his time, with amazing and stylized choreographies and a correct dosis of blood.
Years before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Cheng Pei Pei absolute rule the martial arts films with style, and just was the be...( read more)
I have to say, this was rather badass, I mean, it was fun to watch and was done tight, with details as needed and the fundamentals taken care off and properly laid out. I loved the fight scenes and even the outrageous female army and the fact that it couldn't die even when multit...( read more)
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