Majorthebys Charming and brutal

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

ckormos1 After the bronze girls prance around a bit, the narrator explains that the Shaolin Temple was once lead by an evil monk who allowed girls to learn martial arts. (You won't find that in your history books!) A man of mystery kills a few monks. Doris appears in disguise at the temple and they take her to the abbot who is testing some of his bronze babes. She has come to learn martial arts. They refuse. The abbot discovers one of the bronze babes is missing. Her name is the same name Doris gave. Though Doris could not speak a man understood her mumbling and translated. That man goes to see a man in the same costume as Doris who is also a crippled mute. Doris is also there but now as a hot chick. A blind girl plays the lute. She also has the same name.I could go on describing the action but there is no point because it never makes any sense. I find conflicting information about who directed this movie and no information about who wrote the script. I suspect no one wanted their name on this mess. Also I go by the HKMDB release date of 1978 not 1983.My copy is a VHS converted to a digital file. It retains the square picture aspect of old televisions. No attempt was made to pan and scan. This leads to a ridiculous scene at about the 33 minute mark. Kam Kong is supposed to be standing across from a man who looks exactly like him. This is the old "split screen" special effect. The 4:3 VHS aspect cuts off the extreme right and left of the original movie. The result is instead of Kam Kong standing next to his double all you see on the right is the actor's right arm and on the left the actor's left arm. No faces nor bodies just two arms! Kam Kong then fights against himself. Yueh Hua is in the disguise.The entire middle of this movie is comedy and it all fell flat for me. Some people might find it funny though. I won't hold that against the movie but it still falls below average in my rating. This movie is strictly for hard core fans only. I am a hard core fan. I watched it once and I doubt I will ever watch it again.

freydis-e A woman pretends to be blind. Lots of other people pretend to be mute. Half the male characters dress as women. One guy fights himself. Others fight giant roses. Various people may be called Pai Yu Fei – they don't seem sure. And who is the mysterious Lady Killer? Reading this kind of stuff, I'd want to take a look and the film is certainly weird, but for a long while it doesn't make enough sense even to be funny. 'I'm confused,' says the hero half an hour in. 'I'm as confused as you,' says a villain, half an hour later. 'What's happening?' says someone else. 'I have no idea,' comes the reply. They are not alone. You'll be confused. You'll have no idea what's happening.The acting and direction isn't that great, early on there isn't much action, the jokes tend not to be that funny and there's never any story. We're told Pai Yu Fei is some kind of rebel leader, learning kung fu to get revenge, but what she's rebelling against and what she wants revenge for is anyone's guess.Then again there are the hilarious bronze girls (gold suits and face-paint) – over the opening credits, they use their bodies to ring a giant bell. And once the local ancient white-haired monk pops up with a line or two of explanation, we're launched into a final half-hour of non-stop, funny, inventive action (especially when the BGs get going – check out the five-high shoulder rides!) Excellent stuff! – pity about the first hour.

drake2j False monk, Ching Kung, trains 18 girls to master the arts of bronze girl kung-fu. At the beginning I was completely lost about what was happening but that didn't spoil the fun. Anyway, one of the bronze girls was missing and everyone was on disguise and looking for her, I didn't get it if they found her or not but then some monk appeared and announced that the secret bronze girl fighting manual was stolen and everyone rushed to find the thief, o brother..Highly recommended for those who have enough sense of humor for silly kung-fu flicks.(BTW. the movie was made 1983)

Sputum If oriental girlies painted gold is your thing, then you could be on to a winner here! The plot revolves so fast that i never really understood it despite watching it several times. Despite that it's really funny with some super-quotable quotes and stupid stunt action. Woo woo!