Die Rebellen vom Liang Shan Po

At one level, it is a Chinese martial arts series, and a good one at that, with excellent and believable action. But it is so much more than this.

The characters have been developed and rounded, so you feel as though you know them. The plots are intricate enough and stretch over a number of episodes, giving the impression that it is not just a number of linked stories.

The Heroes have more honour than any comparable series, whereas Kao-Chiu is as disreputable a villain as you will ever see. But, even the heroes can make mistakes and are defeated fairly often, making them human.

The fight scenes are excellent, especially when Lin Chung bursts on the scene doing his whirlwind impression. One of the episodes has a man being cut vertically in two by a sword, something which had a lasting impression on me as a 14 year old when I first watched it.

All in all, an excellent series.

When I saw the series the very first time I was eleven years old and I enjoyed the fightings and the honourful men and women. Three years later I had the chance to see it again and it filled my heart. Due to this movie I started drinking tea. ;-)

Now, as the series is also available on DVD I bought the DVD boxes and saw them again and again. Especially in these "interesting" times we are in, this world will need the rebells again, to fight against cruelty (by terrorists) and corruption (within the countries we all live in). Rebells, who stand for honour and fairness. And we need love to see that there are still good things in live which are worth living for.

I can absolutely recommend this series. Especially when you are interested in China. The actors have done a very good job and they played very well.

I grew up in England and watched The Water Margin when it was first broadcast on British TV. I found the series gripping and the characters fascinating, particularly the interplay between the hero and the honorable villain. I must admit to having forgotten the program for some years until my son rented the video of The Seven Samurai and that brought it back to my mind. What a pity that the series is available only in European format.

I remember this series well. It was broadcast on Dutch television (as on British television as I gather from their: I love the 70's TV-series). It's about a sort of Robin Hood-like character called Lin Chung and his band of merry men and women. It had I recall beautiful fight-scenes and a very good plot. If you loved "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" try to get a hold of this somehow.

I can only comment on this movie as being a great Kungfu action and adventure series. This was my favorite far east series as I was a kid I recently saw them again and the series remains great. I would recommend this one to everyone

I also discovered you get get it on DVD search Ebay It's 2 seasons long with each 13 episodes but it is English dubbed then though i heard and read somewhere on the net that it is also out in Asia and Chinese spoken and Eng sub tittle This is also a good series for kids i would say it action but you don't see any blood in it I would recommend thoug ages 9 and up.

So everyone who like some good old fashion action/ Kunfy watch this one Might be a little to old styled for some people