Thursday, January 05, 2006

Five Fingers of Death

Considered to be the original, classic kung fu movie, and according to Quentin Tarantino, one of the ten best films ever made. That may be overstating it, but it does have the joy and thrills of a low-budget, genre trash film, bad dubbing and all. Actually, the dubbing isn't that bad. The film has plenty of fighting (which is why you're watching it in the first place), and something of a plot to justify all of the fighting. To watch this film is to come to a better understanding of such recent films as Tarantino's own Kill Bill (he steals a music cue from this film), and Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle. If you find yourself drawn to this kind of film (you know who you are), then you won't be let down.

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