Item #: 5231 Category: MARTIAL ARTS Format: VHS MPAA Rating: PG

Woolly Rating: 5/10 (173 votes)

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Matt	Feb 7, 2002 @ 15:0:35

Great Alexander Lo Rei Movie!
This was just released on DVD by Tai Seng Here are 10 reasons whu I thought it was kool. Synopsis: The corrupt emperor wants the Shaolin Golden Sutra and has sent assassins to get it. The Senior Abbot is betrayed and so he charges four devout monks to take the Sutra to a temple in Tibet. 1. The Senior monk at Shaolin Temple goes up against the Emperor's Emissaries/ assassins. It's not a problem for him to defeat them with his skills, but one of the assassins is a female, who decides to flash him her tattooed breasts! [Of course, the film is so badly cropped that her nipples go right of the left & right of the screen!] Because of her unorthodox approach, the Abbot fails to notice traitor Hung Ching, who is in cahoots with the baddies. The Abbot passes on the Golden Sutra to the kids and tells them to high-tail it over to a Tibetan monastery. [The old Abbot rules!] 2. There are four young shaolin heroes, Big Brother (Lo Rei), 2nd brother, 3rd brother, and good-natured though mischievous 4th brother. 4th brother has a crush on a cousin of his named Ah Mei, who of course has a crush on Lo Rei. But 4th brother is so simple-minded (and basically good-natured), that he barely notices and so is never jealous, Buddha bless him. 3. In order to get the Golden Sutra safely to Tibet, the four brothers must find Ah Mei and her uncle. There is a hysterical scene where Ah Mei and 4th brother see each other across an open field and start running (while the sappy music lays in the background). As they race towards each other, all the little sheepies being tended by Ah Mei chase her across the field, with their little ears flopping away. It's a damn riot! 4. So all five heroes get to uncle's house, only to find a massacre has taken place. A major fight ensues (the baddies were only faking to be dead), and 4th brother, who at one point thinks he is playing with a corpse (don't ask me why, at this awful moment, dude does this). The guy is faking death however and spews a mouthful of blood into 4th brother's face. Gross! 5. Mustafa was right on in pointing out the 'cultish' elements in this flick. Aside from the cool twilight scene in the cemetery, I have to mention the four brother's initial meeting with the three emissaries /assassins from the emperor. This group includes: a young creepy hunched-over eunuch named Yun Kun Kong; the breast flashing girl who looks like she got her cloths from some London fetish salon (the top hat completes this ensemble); and a guy who wields a phat pair of 'ejecting swords', which I don't think I've come across before in a kung fu movie. The trio almost have the clockwork-orange thing going and are kinda gothic looking. 6. Lo Rei has a great costume. Lo Rei's character also has a neat little twist : He is fiercely devoted to Buddha and wants to join his younger brothers in their vows, but as he is the last descendent of a great fighter, the abbot feels that his line must not be broken, and so, is not willing to let Lo Rei take his vows. When you watch this movie, you see what it could have been with slightly better acting and a bigger budget. 7. Ah Mei blames the monks for her uncles death, and so can be a bitch sometimes. One of her best insults to the love-lorn to 4th brother is: "Its not the road that's rough - it's your face!" Poor 4th brother. 8.The fight between 2nd brother and the gothic breast flasher is pretty raw. He's no slouch as a fighter (though not a great actor either). To say he 'dispatches' her would be an understatement! Master is Avenged! 8. The Archer - You'll think your watching Lord of the Rings again [not!], but still, following a confusing hack-job sequence of shots filmed in the snow, the group begins to stress-out and go their separate ways for a while. Lo Rei gets some solo time and fights more assassins. These guys are wearing some very bizarre masks, and make a weird 'sampled' sounding "aarggh" noise when they die. Lo Rei also encounters a blond haired snow-woman with a smiley face! - how's that for weird? It hides an assassin of course. This is must-must classic stuff! 10. The Archer II - though they escaped him for a while, this bastard hangs on and pursues the troupe. This guy is trouble, and now sh*t gets poignant. All the little sillinesses of the movie originating from 4th brother begin to vanish, as the hounds of tragedy and sacrifice, which have silently tracked our heroes, begin to catch up to them. The Sutra will be delivered, but not without a price. As only Ah Mei knows the way, she must be protected at all costs, that the Golden Sutra may be delivered safely. I could go on as I only review up to the last 20 minutes. I won't give spoilers for the rest. If you read this, thanks. I'll conclude with a favorite quote. As our heroes are monks, they protest to Ah Mei when she brings them meat, to which she says: "I'm not interested in hearing all that crap…. When you're hungry the Buddha doesn't feed you!" This movie is 'must-must' viewing for genre fans. It could use a new score, but otherwise its worth seeing! Seven out of 10 stars

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