Synopsis: A Qing Dynasty prince (Gordon Liu) masquerading as a jewelry dealer thwarts assassination attempts using subtle kung fu skills while duping a petty con artist (Wong Yue) into becoming his pupil in this highly entertaining kung fu comedy from Shaw Brothers and action director Lau Kar-leung.
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This film is best viewed as a sampler platter, like one of those appetizer dishes you get at a restaurant that’s stacked with mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders, onions rings, and other assorted deep-fried goodies. With so many different kung fu elements thrown together within such a loose story, it ends up being an excellent cross-representation of Lau family filmmaking and the kung fu comedy genre. In this way, I’d heartily suggest this film as an entry point to viewers interested in the films of Lau Kar-leung. You’ll find he expands on almost every aspect of DIRTY HO in his other films. You’ll also find more elaborate fighting performances from each of his stars, although this film does provide Gordon Liu with one of his most well-rounded acting and fighting performances. Yet what you may not find is another kung fu movie as broadly satisfying on so many different levels as DIRTY HO. This is without a doubt a kung fu movie classic on every level and highly recommended to even casual genre fans. -- Mark Pollard |
IMDb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079432/IMDb Rating: 7.1/10 (214 votes)
Directed by: Lau Kar-leung
Cast:
Wong Yu .... Dirty Ho Ching
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui .... 11th Prince, Wang Chin Chen
Lo Lieh .... General Liang Jing Cheng
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei .... Mr. Fan Tian Kong
Hsiao Ho .... Xiao Lu
Wilson Tong Wai-Shing .... Mr. Chu Yi Feng
Kara Hui Ying-Hung .... Tsui Hung
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Title: Lan tou He (1979) AKA Dirty Ho Source: DVD / R3, NTSC / IVL Size: 1.563.660.356 (1/3 DVDR) Runtime: 01:37:45 Format: MKV
Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.1259M) Video Bitrate: 1747 kbps Resolution: 716x360 (Anamorphic, displayed at 2.358 AR) Aspect Ratio: 2.358 (SAR: 32/27) Frame rate: 25 fps
Audio Codec: AC3 (5.1 channels) Audio Bitrate: 384 kbps Sampling Rate: 48 KHz
Language: Cantonese Subtitles (muxed in): SRT: English
SA: HP @ Level 4.1
Notes: The DVD is NTSC, but it had to be restored to its original framerate of 25fps to avoid jerkiness and ghosting. |
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