Legends of Kung Fu

Starring:Various
Studio: Brentwood Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Tonight on Kung-Fu theater!
list of films
bcieclipse strikes again

Legends of Kung Fu
Starring: Various
Manufacturer: Brentwood Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005B2ZM
Release Date: 2001-10-16

Customer Reviews:

Tonight on Kung-Fu theater!.......2007-04-27

BCIeclipse is the name of the company that started this mega-set trend with these 10 movie packs. I own many of them and love them all(well OK a few set I didn't like,but for the most part they are good)and this one is one that I love. Now don't expect great transfers or anything like that, but for less that $20.00 for 10 movies what more could you want. Great fun to be had here is cheesy Kung-Fu movies are your thing.

list of films.......2006-08-21

Includes: BLIND FIST OF BRUCE, FIST OF FEAR: TOUCH OF DEATH, KUNG FU: THE PUNCH OF DEATH, 36 CRAZY FISTS, LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI, THE STREET FIGHTER, BLOODFIGHT, BREATHING FIRE, BLOOD OF THE DRAGON, and SHOGUN'S NINJA.

If you don't have these already, this may be worth getting. If you own a few other collections, chances are you already have several of these titles.

bcieclipse strikes again.......2006-01-10

i own many of these 10 pack movie collections and like them. this set like all of the sets has some good some bad and some that well you get the idea. sorry i don't have a list of the movies handy but if kung fu movies are your bag then these are for you. as always if good transfers are what you want look somewhere else, if not enjoy the action

Average customer rating:

Cheezy Ninja Porn
SHUT UP ABOUT THE QUALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This box set is a rip-off
Horrible
Bleh

Shaw Martial Arts Legends
Starring: Shaw Martial Arts Legends
Manufacturer: Videoasia
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0009YA3SG
Release Date: 2006-03-14

Description

A Tribute to the world's #1 studio for Martial Arts films. Introducing the Shaw Martial Legends 10 film set…at a price that will guarantee HUGE sales. The top stars of the legendary Shaw Brothers studio in one dynamite package. Gordon Liu (KILL BILL Volume 1 and KILL BILL Volume 2), Jimmy Wang Yu, Chang Yi, Norman Tsui, Chia Jen and a dynasty of stars to make this one of the most genre appealing pack to ever hit the shelves.

Customer Reviews:

Cheezy Ninja Porn .......2007-05-23

Here's how I break my 2star rating down:

The negatives are clear. Many of these movies are an insult to the name of the Shaw Brothers. Cheezy 80's backyard lame choreography and awful storytelling. One disk had practically no sound, except for the menu screen.

The *positives* are that if you can appreciate "Engrish"... as in poor translations into English, the subtitles will at the very least amuse you. The grammar! The cheezy factor is at a premium here to the degree that the aforementioned negatives become positives in context of the absolute hack job of this package. In BEGGAR OF NO EQUAL that was digitally filmed off of a bad VHS tape (what, there are no clean copies available on the planet?) there was static and the tracking hopped around... as if some kung fu geek replayed these action scenes too many times and wore down the tape.

If you look at it like you found this in a pile of discount movies at an old video store that was going out of business, and aren't looking for some sacred lost archive, you'll get your fifteen bucks worth.

Gordon Liu with 80's hair!

So... if I was looking for Shaw Brothers quality filmmaking, 1-star. But I wasn't, really... so, 2-stars. Some of these I'll actually watch again!

Oh, and the kid bathing with his father as mentioned in another review was not obscene. If you've ever seen "My Neighbor Totoro", you'll realize how innocent this is in the Asian culture.

... and these disks played fine on my Macintosh.

SHUT UP ABOUT THE QUALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-02-19

WHATS WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT QUALITY!? THERES NO HIGH QUALITY SPECIAL ANIVERSARY EDITIONS FOR RARE FILMS YOU IDIOTS! MOST MOVIES IN THIS SET DON'T EVEN HAVE AN IMDB PAGE! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THERE GOING TO BE IN HIGH QUALITY!?

This box set is a rip-off.......2006-11-14

The movies contained are not even Shaw Brothers films, but rather films that star Shaw Brothers alumni. The video quality is awful, very poor audio/video quality, Many films are double-cropped-- they take a cropped full screen print and then crop off the top and bottom to make it look "widescreen", and then stretch it anamorphically, leaving you with about 25% of the original picture. This is made very annoying when you can HEAR fight scenes but not see anything, aside from a random neck/hand popping in from time to time. If you want some REAL Shaw Brothers films, you can find them for a good price on amazon. This box set is destined for the $1.99 close out bin. Please, save your money!

Horrible.......2006-10-26

This is obviously a poor attempt to make money off the Shaw Brothers name. We ended up throwing this set in the trash. It was awful and almost impossible to watch.

Bleh.......2006-08-21

The other reviews here are pretty accurate.. I was expecting it to be bad and I was still pretty dissapointed. Two other things I would like to point out is that these dvd's are inexplicably ecrypted (meaning you can play them on a dvd player but not your pc) and also that Guns of Master Killer has a rather disturbing sequence featuring a young boy stripping down to full frontal nudity, slapping gordon liu on the butt in the shower, and then crawling into a bath with him. The dialogue during this sequence is kinda creepy as well.. The rest of this set is sold individually all over the net. That disc is generally *not*.

I couldn't recommend this set any less. There are only a few worth watching and even those have serious problems with the audio/video.

Average customer rating:

why don't you..........
Awful Crap ...
Why not just ....

Shaw Legends Pack
Starring: Shaw Legends
Manufacturer: Videoasia
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0001XAKTW
Release Date: 2004-12-07

Customer Reviews:

why don't you.................2005-05-16

......... SHUT UP! For one thing, these are NOT SHAW BROTHERS
FILMS! Get it through you're thick heads! These are movies with
ex-Shaw Brother actors, Jimmy Wang Yu, Lily Li, Lo Leih etc....!
And as you look in the back of the DVD case, you'll notice the
words "in Shaw tradition"! Meaning the movies fight scenes are
like Shaw Brother films, DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE SHAW BROTHER
FILMS! Any of this seeping into your brains! I thought not! Well
anyways, this is a collection of movies which were poorly
transfered from video! And as stated by other reviewers, the
picture for each of these films are horrible, but in there own
special little way! But since I've been into kung fu films for a
long time now, I can get used to the crappy picture, the lame-
a$$ english dubbing and generic DVD designs! So pretty much I'm
saying I still enjoyed these films! Well at least The Loot and
Gallant Boxer! 800 Heros (of course they spelled it wrong) and
Deadly Roulette was crappy! The picture problems for Gallant
Boxer, Deadly Roulette and 800 heros is that... well they were
unwatchable! I mean I see things better if these movie were
pitch black! There are lots of scratches, bleeps, white
stuff ... you know the usual! The Loot's picture was actually
good, BUT when the picture movies it looks jagged! Maybe
something do with speed delay!

SO, is it worth $18!?! Well maybe if you paid me the $18 dollars
and let me have the DVD! Word to the wise, DON'T BUY THIS unless
you are the ultimate, mega-hardcore, super ultra advocate of
kung fu cinema! And 800 Heros is a war movie more or less!

Awful Crap ..........2004-06-15

... a bootleg with very poor picture- and soundquality!
Recommendation: Don't buy this crap !
Save your money and then get the DVDs from IVL/Celestial.

Why not just ...........2004-05-18

....skip these bootlegs and
buy the crystal clear versions
of your favorite Shaw Brothers movies
from IVL/Celestial.

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The Legends of Martial Arts
Starring: Legends of Martial Arts
Manufacturer: Vidtape
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000298VT6
Release Date: 2004-12-07

Product Description

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