Wong Fei Hung: Chi tit gai dau neung gung (1993)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Jing Wong
Woo-ping Yuen

Writer:

Jing Wong (writer)

Release Date:

1 April 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | History

Plot:

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Wong Fei Hong | China | Martial Art | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jet Li	...	Wong Fei-hung (as Lin-kit Lee)
Sharla Cheung	...	Ti Yi-er (as Man Cheung)
Dicky Cheung	...	So (as Wai-kin Cheung)
Pak-cheung Chan	...	Mass Tar Wong 'Mr Pimp'
Ka-Yan Leung	...	Leung Fu
Chia Hui Liu	...	Master Liu Heung (as Ka-fai Lau)
Alan Chui Chung San	...	Legate Officer Lui (as Chung-san Chui)
Tiet Wo Chu	...	Chow Hung (as Tit-wo Chu)
Anita Yuen	...	Miss Nine (as Wing-yi Yuen)
King-Tan Yuen	...	Madame
Isabel Leung	...	Hooker (as Pui-wu Leung)
Tin-yi Ku	...	Hooker
Linda Cheung	...	Hooker (as Lan-ying Cheung)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chung-Shun Chu	...	Ching Wa
Fat Chung	...	Yuen Long
Julie Lee	...	Hooker
Mike V. Szuc	...	Gentleman in tailor's shop

Also Known As:

Claws of Steel (UK)
Deadly China Hero (USA)
Huang Fei Hong: Zhi tie ji dou wu gong (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Iron Rooster vs. the Centipede
Last Hero in China (Hong Kong: English title)
Tie ji dou wu gong
Wong Fei Hong's Iron Rooster vs. Centipide (International: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

111 min | Germany:103 min | UK:90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | UK:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Win's Film Productions

Trivia:

In the scene where Ah So, Leung Fu and Mass Tar Wong attack the temple, Mass Tar Wong attacks a perverted monk on behalf of Wong Fei-Hung, Miss Nine and Beggar So. When asked by the perverted monk who Beggar So is, Mass Tar Wong says he doesn't know. Beggar So was originally one of the Ten Tigers of Canton along with Wong Fei-Hong and he is often associated with the Chinese fighting form "Drunken Boxing".

Quotes:

Mass Tar Wong "Mr Pimp": I have discovered a big secret.
So: Don't tell us now!
Mass Tar Wong "Mr Pimp": Why?
So: It's common in movies that once a seriously injured person tells a secret, they die after telling the secret.
Fu: Cover his mouth!

Movie Connections:

References Jui kuen (1978)

Humour adds spice to the too-serious violence

Refreshing Chinese style humour, new to me, worth dozens of predictable Hollywood "blockbusters", because this is something we don' see everyday. I'm ignorant about kung-fu movies, but happy to see something new. I read a review that criticised the ending. That is very strange because at the end the good fighting scenes and the refreshing absurdities are married.

Compared with recent Jackie Chan movies, the makers of this movie seem to have some pride. The choreography is artistic and both the added music and the music that comes with the plot work well. I don't think the producers said "Let's make another Jet Li movie."