Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian hua [VHS]

The great Sammo Hung does it all here... directing, choreographing, and of course, starring in this highly entertaining staple of the genre. Warriors Two doesn't bring anything particularly new to the party but it does have a fantastic cast spearheaded by Leung Kar Yan (in maybe his best role) and Casanova Wong and rounded out by typecast villian standbys Lee Hoi San and Fong Hak On (both always great). Sammo plays the loveable lump known as "Porky" and sports the best hairdo of his career (the Friar Tuck look)! What this film does a truly fantastic job of (as noted by all the other fine reviews) is give you a thourough and informative look at the Wing Chun style of fighting... beyond "Prodigal Son" (another Sammo classic) you'll never see it done better than here. The movie has a few problems though including it's use of humor. Don't get me wrong, some of it is actually pretty good (Sammo's opening scene with the pork buns had me grinning like an idiot for awhile) but it's actually the inappropriate use of it sometimes that will have you scratching your head (the ending shifts from big drama to levity without warning). The other issue I had was the villian in the final fight. Everything up until this scene is fairly grounded in a realistic approach but at the end the main villain leans at 120 degree angles and hovers and does all kinds of other kooky junk. Still minor qualms and they shouldn't deter you from searching this out if you haven't seen it yet. Sammo's best will always be "The Magnificient Butcher" but I wouldn't argue with anyone who says this is his second best movie... and in a career like his, second is pretty damn good.

This movie is dubbed in English. Easy to understand story and the kung-fu is well choreographed. A gang that has gained loot by stealing from others decides to set up a bank in a small town, so that they can gain political and financial control of future loot. In order to gain political advantages, they decided to kill the town's mayor, so that the gang's chief can be mayor. However, an innocent bank worker overheard this conversation and their plans, so he goes to report it to the mayor, but the mayor doesn't believe him and one of the mayor's assistants works for the gang. Knowing this worker has this knowledge, the gang decides to go after the worker. Not able to find the worker, the gang kills his family. The worker then wants revenge and request the local wing chung master, who is also a doctor, to be his kung-fu teacher. The bank worker and his friends, after lots of practice, pursues the gang and to stop them from taking over the town.

I am a Wing Chun student and also a fan of martial arts films, especially Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li. I have seen various styles of kung fu/wu shu in film, but rarely Wing Chun. This is a great review of techniques in action.We learn the Cantonese words and numbers in class, and it is cool to see them right in the movie. I like the intro segment and of course the training sections at the school with Siu Lim Tau, Chum Kiu, and a bit of Biu Gee, as well as the pole (Lok Dim Boon Gwan) and even some Bak Jom Dao (butterfly knives). There is also wooden dummy work and a room with 2 wooden dummies that come out at cashier Hua to help train his skills.It is great to see techniques like tan sau, pak sau, fook sau, gan sau, kwon sau, fak sau, blindfolded chi sau, pole forms, inch punch, rooting energy, etc. Sammo Hong is also entertaining and incredible. He is joking around and yet kicking butt (like Jackie Chan is known for). Later in the movie he fights an opponent in the dark in a bamboo forest. Cool.Overall I am very pleased with this movie and is the best wing chun movie I have seen apart from the training videos my sifu has made. This is entertaining and educational. (and it also is a bit funny to hear the sound of horseshoes on cobblestones when the horses are running on dirt or through the water! ha.)

Sammo Hung has done it again! Warriors Two is one of the best kung fu movies ever made(although nothing too original). Sammo directs, choreographs, and stars in along with Leung Kar Yan and Casanova Wong. These three are absolutely phenomenal. They all perform the wing chun style flawlessly with incredible speed and power. The action is non-stop throughout the film, full of one on one matchups, group fights, weapons, and training. All of the fight scenes are great, but the final fight has one of the most amazing kicks ever on film. Trust me, you'll know when you see it. The story is the basic revenge theme but it is still good. If you thought "The Prodigal Son"(also directed and choreographed by Sammo) was the best wing chun movie, you should see this. This is Sammo's second best film under "The Magnificent Butcher", in my opinion.The DVD is done by Fox/Fortune Star, it should be the best you can get. All of Fox/Fortune Star's new DVD's are digitally remastered and anamorphic widescreen with great clarity and sound. I don't see why this one would be different.This movie is AWESOME and should not be missed.Other Fox/Fortune Star releases for April 5 were Sammo Hung's "Spooky Encounters", "Winners and Sinners", "Hand Of Death", and Brandon Lee's "Legacy of Rage".

Phenomenal action scenes. The choreography feels powerful and realistic (within the cartoonish laws of the kung fu movie universe). Would have been 5 stars but for Sammo's performance as Fatty. It makes no sense, an offensively borderline mentally challenged person. His skill level changes arbitrarily throughout the movie, even though he gets the least training from his master. And no one seems to care even remotely when one of the main protagonists is killed.But Ka-Yan Leung is just superb. Easily one of the best portrayals of a seasoned master, so effortlessly precise and powerful in his movements, it's feels like watching true martial arts poetry.

Sammo Hung is outstanding infront and behind the camera, producing an old school martial arts movie which betters 'Drunken Master' and 'Magnificent Butcher' in terms of both fight sequences and humour. Casanova Wong, who i first saw in the best fight ever captured on celluloid, opposite Bruce Lee in Game of Death (uncut, in a conservatory,ALL KICKS!) is the star of the film. His leg kung fu seems somewhat wasted in a Wing Chun based movie, although the opening scene and the flying spin kick at the end show just how good he was. Great support from Leung kar-lan and Fung Hark On surpass the pure cheese story (there isn't one, really) and the fights are just so amazing. A classic and a definite purchase for any martial arts fans.

Perfect condition

Unlike some DVD versions of martial arts classics, this one was exactly the same as the VHS copy I was replacing. No missing scenes and no audio or dubbing changes but with DVD quality.

Wing Chun Film probably one of the Best ever

.The film concentrates on the style of Wing chun decribing its origins and history, at the begining.This film has everything you want from a kung fu film,great fighting and plenty of it with Sammo hung, Leung kar yan and the unsong Cassanova Wong in the main roles,excellent traing sections some humoures moments and a classic end fight.The plots ok, pretty standard revenge formula, with Cassonava wong playing the hero in need of some training from the reluctant wing chun master played brilliantly by leung kar yan, to go after the bad guys who want him dead,Sammo plays 1 of the wing chun students who obviously gets in on the action.Made in the 'Golden period' of kung fu when decent money was spent on old skool movies ie 1980-85,the filming and sound are as good as it gets.Aside from a couple of silly fights this is an all time classic and should be in any kung fu fans collection.