Chinatown Kid

Revisiting youth
Saw this on a Kung Fu fest when I was about 12 years old, and thought it was an incredible display of Kung Fu skill, in a gritty world where gangs of Kung Fu masters contended to rule their territories.

A revisit shows it hasn't aged TOO badly. Alexander Fu Sheng was a rising star in the chop-socky film world, a life ended too young. Would have been interesting to see where he could have gone with it, in "Chinatown Kid", he's a likable country bumpkin adrift in the big city.

The transfer is terrible, source materials were likely hard to come by. The bonus trailers are hilarious.

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Great movie, buuuutttttt
I've been looking for a good version of this film for quite a while, since Celestial Films didn't find it worthwhile to provide the English speaking world English-dubbed Shaw Brothers DVDs. In any event, I've found great satisfaction with the Red Sun DVDs. That is, until I got this one.

The DVD box will tell you that the film is the uncut version. That is true. The video and sound quality on the other hand is HORRID. I would hesitate to say if it's even VHS-quality (which is probably where this transfer came from).

So I will say this to anyone thinking about getting this DVD...it's the full movie. Uncut and unedited. But be warned...the video and sound quality will leave you cold.

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