Ye Liu, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yong You

Lao San is a young veteran high in Kungfu power but low in intelligence. After landing on a job as a body guard for a wealthy antique collector, Lao San finds out his boss's plot to rob the National A...( read more  read more... )rt Museum.

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PG, 95 minutes

Directed by: Sheng Ding

Release Date: January 1, 2008

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  • March 1, 2009
    Ying Han AKA The Underdog Knight is director Sheng Ding's first major film. A bunch of places classify this as an action adventure and comedy, but I find that to be deceiving. This is more of a Hong Kong crime thriller.

    There is a single story in here, which inv

    ...( read more)olves an antique collector's plans to steal a spear. The unique thing is that this story doesn't take full effect until the final 20 minutes of this 90 minute production. Before the ending, there are 3 sub stories that take place. One for the main character, one for the antique collector, and one for the police captain. All 3 move through their own stories before eventually becoming entangled in the main plot at the end.

    The pacing is rather slow, with not that much action as the trailer's market. The kung fu is more street fighting, rather than the fancy wire work stuff. While the choreography is quite good, it is the many slow motion shots that drag the action down.

    Liu Ye, may not be the biggest name in here, but he puts on the best performance. The brain deficiency of his character makes for quite an entertaining watch. Anthony Wong and You Yong do a nice job at portraying the antique collector and the police captain respectively. Ellen Chan and Liu Yang provide the female character support in the film and Yu Rongguang and Honglei Sun make brief appearances.

    Despite not being explosive, The Underdog Knight has some good storytelling along with choice camerawork, which makes for a worthwhile watch.

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