Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

InjunNose Beginning in 1949, Kwan Tak-hing portrayed real-life Cantonese martial artist/herbalist/acupuncturist Wong Fei-hung in some seventy films. Four years after the conclusion of that long-running series, Kwan returned to the role in Golden Harvest's "The Skyhawk", a film in which Wong's Confucian ethics clash with the trend toward exaggerated violence in Hong Kong's basher subgenre. This conflict is never resolved, but there's some top-notch fighting as Wong and his young students (Carter Wong, Sammo Hung) oppose an evil gambling boss and his hired thugs (led by shaggy, wild-eyed Hwang In-shik) against the exotic backdrop of Thailand. Kwan Tak-hing was in his late sixties at the time and is doubled in two or three of the more strenuous scenes, but masterfully fends off a legion of much younger villains with staff, fighting fan and his bare hands. If you've never seen him in action, "The Skyhawk" is a good place to start.

gavin6942 In Bangkok, Kwangtung boxer Wong Fei-hung, the Skyhawk, rescues Hsiao Shih-tzu, a young man who fights off five thugs only to be wounded himself. The Skyhawk attends to his wound at Chu Kuei's home, but the devious Ku Chung-wu plots to monopolize the porter service at the pier.At this point in Kwan Tak-Hing's career, he had been playing the martial arts hero since 1949 and is a bit old now to perform. As others have pointed out, though, his students (Carter Wong and Sammo Hung) do a good job in fulfilling the needs of the action-hungry audience. Among the four films on Shout! Factory's martial arts set, this is considered the strongest entry.The character of Wong Fei-hung would later be portrayed by both Jackie Chan and Jet Li, making him a pop culture icon in Chinese cinema for over fifty years.

Brian Jeremiah The content is what is to be expected of a 1974 Kung Fu Flick.... however I have seen much better filming on Kung Fu Flicks from as far back as 1966. The night scenes are almost unintelligible they are so dark. I had a very tough time following the vast amount of nighttime scenes. The copy I had had 2 sets of subtitles and also, strangely enough, 2 sets of voice-overs.... both seem to be Chinese but different dialects. That made the audio difficult to follow which was fine as I don't speak Chinese. The subs were very difficult to read as well. Both main actors are in numerous other movies from that time and were very good in this film as well.

Matt The usual cast of characters crowd this early 1970s film. Not an unusually good or bad of 'chop-socky'. The highlight for me being watching Hwang In-Shik (Whang Ing-Sik) do some of his most realistic kicking on film. All too briefly, though! Having trained under the hapkido teacher I can attest to the fact that the few moments where he gets to cut loose in this film better approximates what it was/is like to have him in front of you than in any of his other films, such as Hapkido, Young Master, or Dragon Lord, despite the better quality of those films and greater screen time.A film worth watching with the usual strengths and weaknesses of the genre at this time.