La Conspiration de Shaolin

Li Chao Yung's deliriously demented, kaleidoscopically cracked Kung Fu phantasmagoria 'Jade Dagger Ninja' (1982) aka 'Shaolin Fox Conspiracy' is a wildly entertaining, daringly disjointed, DMT-laced, deliriously high-flying fight flick that opens outrageously with a truly dazzling display of balletic, blood-splashed, bad guy goring brilliance! With its wickedly exaggerated, noodle-twistingly violent, hyper-kinetic fisticuffs, wildly acrobatic, crimson-slashed sword fights, this bizarrely underrepresented, sardonically dubbed, synapse shattering, super-schizoid, logic-baiting martial arts mayhem is a must-see surrealistically senseless, hyperbolically absurd, deliriously double-dealing, midnight movie disasterpiece! 'Jade Dagger Ninja' is deliciously convoluted magical Elixir seeking, green-skinned demon-incarnating, psychedelicized pugilism done right!

It rarely makes a lick of narrative sense, and frequently lacks the graceful elan of The Shaw Brothers, but none of that matters one measly jot, as this fearlessly far out fight-flick is consistently crazier than crotch full of angry blowfish, and no less exhilarating! While 'Jade Dagger Ninja' certainly won't dethrone 'King Boxer', out decapitate 'Master of the Flying Guillotine', or righteously beat down 'The Prodigal Son' as top tier Kung Fu classics; trash movie terrorists, and warped aficionados of Joseph Lai's insanely incongruous cut n' paste Ninja WTF mania should groove to this oddball Grindhouse Kung Fu freak-show's relentlessly outlandish oeuvre! And how could any serious thrill-seeking cineaste not find the most sublime cult movie edification in a brain-bogglingly bellicose blockbuster that includes the refined, emotionally penetrating, resonating prosody of "Your kung-fu is good...but I wonder, how would you be in bed????' along with 'You're a hard and fast fighter, I wonder if you're hard and fast where it counts!' and, finally, the immaculate repost: 'You're the famous four kings, are you? You're no forking good!! Phooking deadly lyrical genius, mayte!

Calling this Asian cinema is an insult to every country in Asia that wasn't responsible for this piece of garbage. It's so bad that it's entertaining.

You can't only tell scenes they reused backgrounds and footage, you can tell scenes they reused film. I bought the DVD of this movie because I had to see whether the transparent count-down 8 in the background was just bad VCR tape; it wasn't. The "purple jade badger" is the worst name for an idol ever; is jade even purple? I thought it was green.

As another poster put it, it's like watching a train wreck. Myself and a few friends watched it while we were drunk, it was a hilarious night. Surprisingly, we found it at a Jumbo Video on VHS. I do really recommend it if you like bad movies.

This movie, nay, FILM, is nothing short of a masterpiece! Roc Tien literally throws the viewer in medias res, and the action is relentless! The action is so spectacular it defies the laws of psychics! The denouement of Shaolin Fox Conspiracy (brilliant title!) would make Kurosawa green with jealousy. Some guy drinks some kind of elixir (Purple Jade Badger?), turns blue and starts running amok and killing indiscriminately anyone who opposes him. In a scene that will leave you speechless, the blue guy actually breaks someone in two! My God, I'm still having nightmares! Forget The Matrix, see this work of genius at once!!!!

If your looking for a good kung fu film, this isn't it. But it makes a great "midnight movie". This film mostly features swordplay that is nothing spectacular. It's charm lies in its bizarre style. It rips off soundtracks to other films such as Flash Gordon which adds to this style. It has interesting costumes and backdrops. The coolest part of the film is when the villain transforms into creature that looks like a cross between the incredible hulk and santa claus. A truly great film if you like wierd stuff, but not a good kung fu film if you are a fan of the genre.

This is by far the very worst movie I have ever watched more than once. From the cheesey editing, silly sound effects, flying people, all the way through the "borrowed" music from Flash Gordon you have to keep watching (like train wreck) to see what will happen next. This film is so bad that it can wrap back around to good with a few friends and a few drinks.

The martial arts action is outrageous but enjoyable. The poorly translated dialog borders on MST3K material by itself.

If you like stupid chop-suey flicks, this is the king.

I had to give it a 5, right in the middle. Is it so bad it's good or so good it is bad?