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The Prodigal Son Full Movie Free Download The Prodigal Son 1 / 4 2 / 4 Yuen biao è l'uomo. Penso che sia uno dei migliori attori di Hong Kong sia che si tratti di arti marziali o no, è semplicemente ridicolo che non sia mai stato nominato nella categoria dei migliori attori ai premi di Hong Kong. Ho visto questo film circa 30 volte adesso. È uno dei pochi film di kung-fu che posso guardare dall'inizio alla fine, come di solito vado direttamente ai combattimenti. Il kung-fu è brillante, molto veloce, molto realistico e molto preciso. Il combattimento finale è puro genio, veloce e furioso. Anche la lotta tra Frankie Chan e Lam Ching Ying è geniale, e le sequenze di allenamento ... questo film è semplicemente perfetto. Fotocamera brillante, editing fluido e ottima musica. Altre persone dovrebbero vedere questo film per vedere il genio puro di Sammo Hung, di Yuen Biao e del brillante Lam Ching Ying. Non ha tante lotte come gli altri vecchi film di kung-fu, ma credimi. 10/10 La maggior parte dei film di kung-fu non hanno storie e grandi scene di lotta o scene di lotta orribile e una storia solida. Non capita spesso di imbattersi in uno che ha una grande storia e alcune delle migliori scene di combattimento mai realizzate. The Prodigal Son è uno dei migliori film di Sammo Hung. L'uso di Wing Chun da parte di Lam Ching Ying è eccezionale. Ricorda molto i video di allenamento di Bruce Lee. Questo film presenta Wing Chun nella sua vera forma, diretta e in faccia. I 2 combattimenti che sono di eccezionale menzione sono Lam Ching Ying contro Frankie Chan e Yuen Biao contro Sammo Hung (quando sua figlia lo chiama per battere Yuen). Tatto e splendidamente coreografato per il primo combattimento. Velocità folgorante e azione senza sosta per il secondo. Tutto sommato, il miglior film di Wing Chun mai realizzato. Se ti piace questo film, dovresti anche dare un'occhiata a & quot; Warriors 2 & quot; con Sammo Hung, Cassanova Wong e Liang Jia Ren (Knockabout). Questo deve essere uno dei migliori film che abbia mai visto. Mai. È così bello che posso guardarlo ancora e ancora e ancora. La coreografia del Wing Chun Kung Fu è la migliore che abbia mai visto da nessuna parte e ho visto quasi tutti i film di Kung fu. Mentre il resto dei combattimenti ha una grazia brillante, il combattimento finale tra Lam Ching Ying e Frankie Chan è brutale e ha pugni arrabbiati più realistici della grazia del kung fu, il tutto per vincere a tutti i costi. La storia, la sceneggiatura, la cinematografia e la regia sono tutte geniali.Mentre sono consapevole che il doppiaggio inglese potrebbe non rispecchiare totalmente il dialogo, risulta anche divertente e ben fatto. I personaggi sono davvero fantastici. E 'incredibile anche che una schifezza volante, malamente coreografata come Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sia fatta anche dopo che cose del genere sono uscite nei primi anni '80! Leung Chang (Yuen Baio) crede di essere un grande combattente, affrontando tutti gli sfidanti; in realtà, il padre benestante ma preoccupato di Leung ha pagato per gli avversari di suo figlio da perdere. Quando Leung scopre la verità, promette di padroneggiare il kung fu per davvero, seguendo la troupe di Lok Fung Lin nella speranza che uno dei loro artisti, Leung Yee-tai (Lam Ching-Ying), gli insegni il Wing Chun. /> Nel frattempo, l'artista marziale Ngai (Frankie Chan) sta cercando esperti per combattere, ignaro che suo padre abbia ordinato ai suoi uomini di uccidere tutti i maestri di kung fu che potrebbero ferire suo figlio. Dopo che Ngai esprime un interesse nel combattere Leung Yee-tai, la compagnia di Lok Fung Lin viene attaccata da ninja mortali; solo i due Yeungs scappano con le loro vite, nascondendosi nella casa del corpulento calligrafo Wong Wah-bo (Sammo Hung) e della sua paffuta figlia Twiggy (Wai-Hon Ho) dove Leung Chan ottiene finalmente il suo desiderio e impara il Wing Chun, che lui usa per sconfiggere Ngai quando alla fine torna a casa. Con un cast che include Sammo Hung, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Baio e Frankie Chan, non c'è carenza di azioni acrobatiche di arti marziali in The Prodigal Son ; sfortunatamente, per me almeno, c'è anche un pari aiuto di una commedia asiatica del tipo che mi lascia sempre grattarmi la testa perplessa (le persone con il naso rosso, le grandi talpe facciali e il cotone in bocca sono davvero così divertenti?) . Il contenuto umoristico del film si trova anche piuttosto goffamente con la violenza brutale occasionale del film, il più scioccante dei quali è il massacro degli artisti di Lok Fung Lin, le cui gole sono tagliate nel sonno. Lo scontro finale tra Yuen Baio e Frankie Chan offrono la migliore azione di combattimento, ma manca il wallop emotivo che si può trovare in molti classici colpi di kung fu grazie al fatto che Ngai non è un cattivo spregevole: è suo padre che merita l'esultanza. Recensione: Questo è un classico film della vecchia scuola di Kung Fu con un sacco di battute stupide ma un finale drammatico. Si tratta di un ragazzo di nome Leung Chang (Biao Yuen) che pensa di essere un maestro di Kung Fu perché i suoi amici pagano le persone per farsi le botte. Quando finalmente incontra qualcuno che 3 / 4 non è disposto a cadere, si rende conto che le sue capacità non sono grandiose e che i suoi amici gli raccontano quello che hanno fatto alle sue spalle. Quindi cerca l'allenamento dal suo avversario, che è riluttante a prenderlo come suo apprendista. Dopo molta persuasione, finalmente gli insegna Wing Chun, insieme a suo fratello che ha uno stile diverso. Quando torna a casa dopo un intenso allenamento, il suo padrone viene ucciso da un uomo che vuole sfidare tutti i maestri di Kung Fu, così si fa avanti per vendicare la sua insegnante e amica. Fondamentalmente è il vecchio concetto di & quot; You Killed My Master & quot; che abbiamo visto molte volte in questo genere ma non mi annoio mai.Anche se questo film è estremamente autentico, con alcune scene d'azione grandiose, la sceneggiatura di Sammo Hung è stata piuttosto stupida e accampata, il che è stato un po 'strano per i film di questo genere negli anni '80. Ho ridacchiato alcune scene, in particolare il divertente doppiaggio inglese e questo ha ricordato molto quando guardavo i film di Kung Fu su VHS. Ad ogni modo, è sicuramente uno da avere nella tua collezione, se sei nei tuoi film di karate della vecchia scuola ed è uno di quelli di cui non mi annoierò mai. GRANDE! Round-Up: questo film è stato diretto da Sammo Hung, 63 anni, che ti ha portato film come Project A, Wheels & amp; Pasti, Draghi per sempre, Moon Warriors, Evil Cult, Mr. Nice Guy e One Upon A Time in Cina e America. Ha recitato in oltre 160 film ed è stato il protagonista di una fortunata serie chiamata Martial Law, che lo ha reso famoso in tutto il mondo. Ha uno stile comico, molto simile a Jackie Chan, che ha recitato insieme per molti anni ed è molto rispettato nel suo paese natale. Questo film, che è diventato un classico di tutti i tempi, lo ha spinto verso la maggiore celebrità negli anni '80 e la sua statura paffuta ha dimostrato che puoi ancora tirare delle mosse sorprendenti, indipendentemente dal tuo peso. Non ha diretto un film dal 1997, ma è ancora protagonista di film come Once Upon A Time a Shanghai e The Last Tycoon. Personalmente trovo le sue battute un po 'troppo sciocche, a volte, come ho fatto in questo film, ma ha comunque funzionato. Comunque, il materiale bonus sul DVD era interessante quanto il film, quindi vale la pena acquistarlo. Raccomando questo film a persone che sono nel loro film d'azione / commedia / arti marziali con Yuen Biao e Sammo Sospeso. 7/10 A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. 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