Roikale
Joined Sep 2004
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As in "the first one's a classic and the sequels are horrible".
It's funny because the movie is set in so many different eras but this is, for some strange reason, my favorite 80s-movie. There's something fascinating about the combination of the Queen soundtrack, the 80s actors (Lambert, Brown) and the overall high 80s type of quality that it's got.
In my opinion, Christopher Lambert is one of the most underrated actors of all time. Just look at his performance in the scene in his library with the female love interest and the dagger, for example. And the strange accent.. Whoa! Don't listen if someone says it's just another sword-action-sorcery-flick, this is also one of Sean Connery's best movies.
It's funny because the movie is set in so many different eras but this is, for some strange reason, my favorite 80s-movie. There's something fascinating about the combination of the Queen soundtrack, the 80s actors (Lambert, Brown) and the overall high 80s type of quality that it's got.
In my opinion, Christopher Lambert is one of the most underrated actors of all time. Just look at his performance in the scene in his library with the female love interest and the dagger, for example. And the strange accent.. Whoa! Don't listen if someone says it's just another sword-action-sorcery-flick, this is also one of Sean Connery's best movies.
Remember the scene in Jackie Brown with Robert DeNiro and Bridget Fonda watching TV and then Samuel Jackson walks in and goes: "Is that Rutger Hauer?" and Fonda replies: "No, it's Helmut Berger."?
Well, it's this movie they're watching.
It's a typical low-key Italian gangster movie with a bunch of evil, skinny, mustached (except Helmut Berger) crooks driving around doing evil stuff. The violence scenes are very brutal but there are many moments where also unintentional humor is present.
Once again, I have a Finnish super rare version of this movie with Finnish title (roughly translated) "Death Obeys No Law" on the front cover and in the back cover it says "Best With A Gun", (obviously a typing error). In the opening credits it says "Furious" (or "Ferocious"). A movie with so many names can't be that bad, can it?
Well, it's this movie they're watching.
It's a typical low-key Italian gangster movie with a bunch of evil, skinny, mustached (except Helmut Berger) crooks driving around doing evil stuff. The violence scenes are very brutal but there are many moments where also unintentional humor is present.
Once again, I have a Finnish super rare version of this movie with Finnish title (roughly translated) "Death Obeys No Law" on the front cover and in the back cover it says "Best With A Gun", (obviously a typing error). In the opening credits it says "Furious" (or "Ferocious"). A movie with so many names can't be that bad, can it?
No it's not. It Bruce LE. The cover (Finnish version) of this gem cries out "Bruce Lee" with a picture of the "real" Bruce Lee with nunchakus. Go figure. In spite of the (misleading) big name marketing, I suspect that 99% of all the people you have ever met, have never even heard of this wonderfully bad movie.
Let's start with the title: Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen
The main character is called Hwang Lung, so what's up with the "Bruce"? Also, one would easily conclude that the Shaolin Bronzemen are the reason or/and the cause of whatever is the movie is about. What if I told you that all of them get wiped out in the middle of the movie and that the incident has no reason in terms of the plot or the characters?
It's very confusing to watch this movie, because the events and dialogue in this movie seem to have little or no reason or meaning.
I've never even been to Asia, so I might not fully understand everything, but where I come from, it's highly unusual that by daylight you might encounter a sober, grown man who you've never met and who's eager to know which one's stronger of you two. If this ever happened to me, at least I wouldn't be too happy to find out.
With all the realism and reason in most today's movies this was briskly anarchistic in terms of boring rules of movie making. See it if you have a chance!!!
Let's start with the title: Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen
The main character is called Hwang Lung, so what's up with the "Bruce"? Also, one would easily conclude that the Shaolin Bronzemen are the reason or/and the cause of whatever is the movie is about. What if I told you that all of them get wiped out in the middle of the movie and that the incident has no reason in terms of the plot or the characters?
It's very confusing to watch this movie, because the events and dialogue in this movie seem to have little or no reason or meaning.
I've never even been to Asia, so I might not fully understand everything, but where I come from, it's highly unusual that by daylight you might encounter a sober, grown man who you've never met and who's eager to know which one's stronger of you two. If this ever happened to me, at least I wouldn't be too happy to find out.
With all the realism and reason in most today's movies this was briskly anarchistic in terms of boring rules of movie making. See it if you have a chance!!!