Xun cheng ma (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.2/10   

Director:

Ronny Yu

Escritores:

Kang Chien Chiu (writer)
Siu Fung Koo (writer)

Plot:

The Republiic of China was still young, Shihai and the warlords were against Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Long and his gang roamed the northern mountain areas...

Plot Keywords:

Kung Fu

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Entertaining, very late night style kung fu adventure

Reparto

Yun-Fat Chow	...	Fu Jun (as Chow Yun Fat)
Cherie Chung	...	Guihua
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Bu
Eddy Ko	...	Hu
Ka-Yan Leung	...	Ma
Yat Chor Yuen	...	Yao Jie

También conocida como:

The Postman Strikes Back (Hong Kong: English title) (promotional title)
Chun shing ma (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Patrol Horse
The Postman Fights Back (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Duración:

87 min

País:

Hong Kong

Idioma:

Cantonés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M

Compañía:

Golden Harvest Company

Entertaining, very late night style kung fu adventure

I bought this a while back, during a massive martial arts movie phase. Although this certainly ain't the best, I do love this kind of film making, and there was a lot to keep me entertained in this one. Leung Kar Yan is one of my favorite martial arts stars, I always appreciate the fact that, whilst he lacked formal martial arts training, he usually gave a more than capable fighting performance. He also has a good beard. This movie has him in a good, heroic role and although he doesn't kick as much ass as in some of his other movies, he still acquits himself well. Early appearances from Cherie Chung and Chow Yun Fat are also nice too see, especially for the fact that Chow Yun Fat takes on the bad guys without his trademark gun play. He may not be a great fighter but he does OK. Eddy Ko is as great a bad guy as ever, he performs the same villainry as in many of his other films and does it great, as per usual. The fellow who plays Bu is good too, I don't recall his name, but he's in Magnificent Butcher too. Although the fighting isn't as good as other movies of the era, The postman fights back makes up for it with a lot of imagination, quality cinematography and a nicely quirky ambiance. There are some very nifty scenes, good characters and a good eclectic mixture of Hong Kong talents all coming together to decent effect. All in all, I would recommend this to kung fu and general Hong Kong action fans. It may not be a stylised classic like the Shaw Brothers films, or as crowd pleasing as Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee, but it is rock solid entertainment.