Jackie and the 36 crazy fists

When a young man's village is destroyed by a band of thugs, he seeks help from a great kung-fu master, but his real lessons come from a drunk old man, he basically learns kung fu by accident and seeks his revenge. United Enterprise H. Comedy Action.

Looking to avenge his father's death, after he was murdered by gangsters when he failed to pay protection money, a monastery novice strives tirelessly, with the help of students and a drunka Read all Looking to avenge his father's death, after he was murdered by gangsters when he failed to pay protection money, a monastery novice strives tirelessly, with the help of students and a drunkard, to learn advanced kung-fu techniques. Looking to avenge his father's death, after he was murdered by gangsters when he failed to pay protection money, a monastery novice strives tirelessly, with the help of students and a drunkard, to learn advanced kung-fu techniques. Sign In Sign In. New Customer?

Jackie and the 36 crazy fists

Jackie Chan was the stunt coordinator and action director. A novice buddhist monk learns to master Kung fu techniques in order to avenge his father, who was murdered by gangsters. The cast of fighters, from Tony Leung Siu-hung to Yen Shi-kwan were not good in acting, but their fighting skills made up for it. Despite what the cover says, Jackie did not direct the film. He was only the Kung-fu Director. Furthermore, he wasn't the star. Nevertheless, the film is still an enjoyable film to watch in my opinion, if you want to see some early work from Chan and his stars, Tony Leung Siu-hung and Jimmy Liu Chia-yung. His directorial debut, The 36 Crazy Fists, was the first martial-arts film to combine action and comedy effectively, and Chan's incredible inventiveness with action scenes long ago earned him the nickname "the Buster Keaton of martial arts", commented The Washington Times. Without JC's permission, the unscrupulous producers compiled a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of this movie and released it as a "Jackie Chan" film. This article related to a Hong Kong film of the s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a martial arts film is a stub.

In addition, the band was rejoined by bassist Mick Whitney following the departure of Brett "Buzzard" Makowski. It's a treat for people who enjoy the broad humor and lack of special effects used in old school kung fu jackie and the 36 crazy fists. Very repetitive, good enough fight choreography Jackie's actual contributionoccasionally funny, but the vast majority of the entertainment value here was just listening to the Oram dubbing crew not giving a shit about anything -- the lip sync, the acting, the accents, they're absolutely just knocking this one out.

Sign In. The 36 Crazy Fists Hide Spoilers. Anyway, when you get past this initial shock, the film is pretty close to most people's idea of a typical mid's martial arts flick: minimal plot, no production values, bad dubbing, poor picture quality, cartoonish sound effects, acting that mostly consists of twitching and eyeball-rolling, and lots and lots of action one thing that's not so typical is the brief female toplessness. The action itself is a bit too choreographed, too "coordinated" for my tastes the fighters seem to want to demonstrate their kung fu techniques more than to actually fight , but for old-school kung fu fans it will be a treat; others beware. Was this review helpful?

First off, despite some of the alternate titles and packaging, Jackie Chan doesn't star in this movie. In fact, his only appearance comes during the credits where he demonstrates some techniques, and in some prints at the end during a "behind the scenes" sequence. But he does a good job co-ordinating the fights, which is why this movie gets a higher score than it really should. Well, given that it uses the tired old "kid who doesn't know kung fu must learn it to get revenge" plot even going as far as to use a bad Simon Yuen "drunken master" ripoff and some very lame comedy. Even Jackie, the world's biggest PR machine for his movies, termed it "comedy" yes, he used quotes in his autobiography. Taking this in mind, 36 Crazy Fists should have been regulated to B-movie hell. Actually, some of the jokes are funny, but unintentionally. At one point, some monks must convince their master to train the kid, so they bring a prostitute into bed with him for blackmail purposes.

Jackie and the 36 crazy fists

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There are dubious claims that he helped out with the direction and fight choreography here, although he's uncredited for both; personally I can believe the latter but am not so sure about the former! I got the feeling that this film was tossed together as a vehicle for one or two of the younger actors in it. Watched via Gold Ninja Video's Jackiesploitation set. Rest Inside the Flames. This item only. Were's Jackie-I didn't see him at all and thats all it said on the cover Jackie Chan In, Jackie Chan Starring, but he did some directing and that was it. You probably should see it if you want to, but don't do it solely out of peer pressure. So he seeks a master at a Kung Fu gym and is treated ruelly for a while, until he meets another master a drunken old vagabond in the woods , and suddenly starts to show some promise. It tried despretly to be funny,but never got close. Very repetitive, good enough fight choreography Jackie's actual contribution , occasionally funny, but the vast majority of the entertainment value here was just listening to the Oram dubbing crew not giving a shit about anything -- the lip sync, the acting, the accents, they're absolutely just knocking this one out. In the wake of this tragedy, Monsen's friends organized a benefit concert to raise funds for his family.

Looking to avenge his father's death, after he was murdered by gangsters when he failed to pay protection money, a monastery novice strives tirelessly, with the help of students and a drunka Read all Looking to avenge his father's death, after he was murdered by gangsters when he failed to pay protection money, a monastery novice strives tirelessly, with the help of students and a drunkard, to learn advanced kung-fu techniques.

Create account. September 22, For the metal band, see 36 Crazyfists. Article Talk. The main villain is also same main baddie in "The Fearless Hyena" except in this one, it would take pupils to defeat him and not just the one. Jackie Chan directed this fairly typical parodic plagiarism of several of his own films and a few from before his time. The plot is not very clever, and though some of the characters are interesting particularly the male lead and his two masters , they all dissolve into not very clever and not-as-funny-as-they-could-have-been stereotypes once the central plot comes into focus. Also, I chose to watch this film for one main reason; that being Jackie Chan, whose name and face is plastered all over this film. Despite what the cover says, Jackie did not direct the film. Cheng Chiang Drunkard. Yes the story is typically cliched for a late 70's kung fu flick - although if we are to believe the production dates listed, this similarly themed tale beats Jackie's own Drunken Master by a year, complete with a master beggar played by Chiang Cheng aka Rambo Kong from Shaolin Drunk Fighter, and Monkey Kung Fu who looks extremely like Sam Seed himself - Simon Yuen. Dead Press! Most of it takes place in a field someplace where guys fight for what seems like an age.