BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

ckormos1 I know the best martial arts movie ever made is "Magnificent Weapons of China" but this movie has the best title. I doubt "Nan quan bei tui zhan yan wang" actually translates into "The Hot, The Cool, and the Vicious", its something more like security - king - something - something. What a fabulous title. The story starts out with excellent pacing and intrigue and the fights are great simply because of the kicks. At the end the story falls apart because there is too much to resolve and circumstances have to be contrived for a final fight and resolution. Who cares, just great fights, above average stuff. Dorian and Don team up again and add Chang Yi and a bit of comedy in "Challenge of Death".

bletcherstonerson Listen, if you are looking for "Enter the Dragon" or "Lone Wolf" , or any film that you would find in the Criterion Collection, this is definitely not the celluloid artistic experience you are seeking. However, if you are looking for a great B Kung Fu movie which has all the right elements that make it subversively cool, then this is a movie that fits those proportions. No wire fu and some great kata choreography. There are three main players, the Cool, the Hot and the Vicious, the latter being a pasty hunchback that smokes a lot of opium. Well, anyway....it is predictable, all are enemies, but two team up to take out our hunchbacked master of Kung Fu. What is great, is that Super kicks is in this film and he is awesome, not only that, but no wires. I hate wire fu and I am a purist, I would rather watch a martial artist that can't act that are great at fight choreography, than good actors who can't fight utilizing the wire harness and cgi to make them look better than their predecessors in the industry. Take it for what it is, mindless fun entertainment, and you won't be let down.

poe426 Tan's fan-friendly kicking style is on display as soon as the opening credits get out of the way. As Captain Lu of The Security Corps, he has to round up local ne'er-do-wells. Meanwhile, Bai Yu Ching (Don Wong), an "infamous killer," gets out of jail, defends himself in a tavern, and is warned by Lu to stick to the straight and narrow- or else. The tavern brawl, it turns out, was staged by Ching and friends. (Ching is secretly an undercover agent.) Lu's fiancé and her mother are attacked by Nan Shan and his men and the older woman is killed. Lu then asks his boss, Yuen- who also happens to be Nan Shan's father- to turn Nan over to him. Yuen agrees, but is, of course, lying. Meanwhile, Ching's partner, Tae, "tortures" a prisoner to get information from him by TICKLING HIS FEET; the man talks... Enter Mr. Loong (Tommy Lee, the fight choreographer for the movie), an albino hunchback with golden hair who limps around looking like a Tom Savini zombie from George Romero's 1978 classic, DAWN OF THE DEAD. Loong's voice reverberates eerily, further adding to his overall creepiness. Wong says of Loong: "He's a gold-haired gorilla." The comparison is apt: the limping gait and hunched back DO lend Loong an ape-like aspect. He's also as STRONG as a gorilla... and almost as smart. Director Lee Tso Nam has crafted another martial arts masterpiece- a very solid ten.

sillybuddha A fairly complex plot for a kung-fu movie involving the arrival in town of a wandering killer. Meanwhile all kinds of subplots are happening, from a counterfeiting gang, and the spoilt son of the local town boss killing an old woman. Top kicker Tan Tao Liang is the police chief and has to track down the young man, while his father tries to cause difficulties. All the characters have a nice little back-story. Top kicker Tan Tao Liang has a dark past, and owes his status as chief to the town boss, while smirking killer Don Wang is hired by the same boss to stop him - but does he have an ulterior motive? Special mention must be made to the albino 'hunchback' Tommy Lee (no, not THAT Tommy Lee) who has some cool jumping powers. The fight scenes are OK - top kicker Tan Tao Liang obviously has some great leg action. The end sequence fight between our 3 characters is very entertaining and well executed - with a vicious death for the loser! It also has some resolution at the end - usually kung fu films of this era stop dead after the last baddie dies.