Best Film made by Samo Hung

Have you not seen this film?


What do you mean, you can't read Cantonese?


Right, had your chance - muffed it.




Try this one:





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Things you need to know about this film before you watch it:

• its the best film to come out of Asia since 1975
• Not only does it have Samo, it also has Pops, Lam Ching Ying, Dick Wei and Billy Chow
• If the names Pops, Lam Ching Ying, Dick Wei and Billy Chow mean nothing to you, scold yourself thoroughly and Google them immediately.
• it has (IMHO) the most painful kick in movie history*
• it has proper acting in it and makes grown men cry in places
• Big Mike in Hong Kong says its his favourite film also, and he's the referee in Jet Li's epic film "Fearless" (the tall bloke with a failed moustache and a loudhailer) so it must be good.

Story:

Samo and his mates are pedicab drivers, they work hard for little money. One of their number picks up the most delightful girl, who it eventually transpires is a lady of the night, the chap works hard and eventually steals her away from her (terrifically evil) pimp and marries her.

Then it turns from a good Hong Kong film to a good film full stop. I'm not going to tell you what happens, just try to find a copy and say "that Olav, he may be a fat twit but by the great leather puttees of Jemediah Goldstein, he knows a good film when he sees it!".

Here are a few words from the great website HK Flix:

Look out for cameos by nearly every big name in the industry, including Lam
Ching Ying ("Mr. Vampire", "Prodigal Son"), Eric Tsang ("Aces Go Places",
"Golden Chicken"), Corey Yuen Kwai ("The 7 Grandmasters", "Drunken Master"
action director), Peter Chan Lung ("Knockabout"), Hsiao Ho ("Mad Monkey Kung
Fu"), and an utterly awesome fighting performance with Sammo by the legendary
Lau Kar Leung (AKA "Liu Chia Liang").

*Dave's long box does this a lot, and I like it.




*Oh, its a spinning kick, delivered by Samo in the grip of the most terrible vengeance driven rage, straight into the face of a thug just as he lights a cigarette. BAM!!!! The stunt men in this film get hurt in the course of creating art.