The Shaolin Brothers

Starring:Feng, Bing, Kuo
Studio: Tai Seng
Product Type: DVD

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Executioners need protection
Great Old School Actioner
there is a reason you pay a couple dollars more for the red sun versions over groundzero

Executioners from Shaolin
Starring: Chen Kuan-Tai , Lily Li , Lo Lieh , and Tien Ching
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Manufacturer: Red Sun
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ASIN: B000F9WEUU
Release Date: 2007-02-07

Customer Reviews:

Executioners need protection.......2007-02-09

Average movie with OK acting, and many questions that needed to be answered to make this a classic!

I bought this movie because some of the reviews said that it was very good, but they did not tell the true story. At first the son was made to look like a little girl, and immediately study his mother's technique. The movie never really answered why the father made that decision,which was a key to the movie. I did like the interaction between the father and son, because that showed how the son wanted to emulate and aspire to follow in his father's footsteps as a warrior. I thought some of the interaction between the father and wife was a little unnecessary, and had nothing to do with the movie. The romance portion was short-lived, because that was it!!

Many of these movies devalue women once they have kids. They may have been a good warrior, but once the kids come then she becomes nothing but a cook, laundry maiden, and house servant. To me that is sad, because the plot would have worked even more by showing the mother as a great fighter who helped her husband's kung fu by continually fighting him with a different technique to help him grow stronger. Instead she just stood by and kept telling the husband that "you are not ready to fight Pai-Ma, you must study more!" If your husband was going to fight somebody who killed your father or brother would you send him out unprepared? NO WAY !!!

Other than these problems, the movie developed very slowly, but was not a total waste, because the scenes with Pai-Ma were all pretty good. This is not a must have, but its definitely worth watching if you are a fan of Pai Ma.

Great Old School Actioner.......2006-06-14

For those waiting decades (literally) to get a remastered and widescreen version of this film and with the original English dubs, this is so far the one to get. One important thing though, is the Celestial Pictures remastered version, even though only with subtitles, the picture and audio quality is much better. You will notice the difference if you have both versions and watch them side by side. Another thing is the Chinese dub at least at one point came on. This was the scene when Hung See Kuan fights Pai Mei for the first time and grabs his groin. Pai Mei was supposed to say "Can't find it?" Instead it was spoken in Chinese. Another noticable thing is since it seems Red Sun was mixing the English dub when convenient, the syncing would be noticable off. For instance, in the last fight with Hung Wen Ding, the sound effects are a little late after the actual movements have occurred. This syncing problem also occurs in the Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu Red Sun release.

there is a reason you pay a couple dollars more for the red sun versions over groundzero.......2006-04-25

actually reasons, and big ones at that. It's not panned and scanned, it is presented in 16:9 format. Which I actually prefer over letterbox, if I had a big screen, I would probably take the letterbox, but this is to peoples advantage if you have around a 25 inch tv like me. Also another big plus is that unlike groundzero, you will be getting beautiful remastering job with no scratches, and I guarantee that. Now the sound is really the inly thing that they could have improved on. It only has 2-channel english language but the sound quality is still very good and won't fluxuate throughout the movie. The sound does change slightly but only because during the action, they just use original language track, but whenever they shift to speech, they have the john wayne sound-a-like AND COMPANY WHO DO ALL THE OLD SCHOOL AND NEW SCHOOL FOR THAT MATTER. So get ready for the same old voices, but again the sound shifts but is barely noticeable, I'm just a nitpicker. So overall it's worth the 3-5 dollars more.

Now the movie itself is absolutely wonderful. It has the great Chen Kuan Tai playing one of the last disciples after their shaolin temple was burned down. The movie starts with an introduction of how Pai Mei became a traitor and decided to help the ching's. It show's the head abbot of shaolin in a duel with pai mei and show his special kung fu internal style. Externally is shown just as well. I honestly can't think of a greater actor to play the traitor of the ming's. So in the next fight we get the greatest cameo of gordon liu's career. I had actually forgotten that this guy is a great actor until watching this and shaolin challenges ninja again. Now the action is made up of about 5 scenes. One after the other they get better and better but none surpassed the first 2 of the movie, the rest were just better because of the character development and the finale could not have been much better. Sure it could be bette in terms of speeds and superamn jumps but this is a hell of a lot more complex than your average kung fu tale. Now if I was only rating the fu it would only get like a 3.5, compared to say hitman in the hand of buddha would get a 3.5 or 4 btu is still only a 3 star movie. So after chen Kuan Tai escapes(thanks to gordon) he goes in hidnign and travels with the peking opera on the junks. Now I will certainly not leave out li-li-li, the hottest woman in cinema history. She meets kuan tai and marries him and they have a son who is played by wong yue. I am not familiar and didn't like him al that much, but he more than fit the bill for his fighting. So when the junks are ordered to be burned, chen and lily go in hiding and he studies for YEARS in the tiger claw style to try and beat pai mei, and he constanty refuses to implement her crane style. Even after he gets defeated by Pai Mei and is sent home a miserable loser he won't try her kung fu. But I guarantee you will see an ending that is sweet and overall great execution throughout the entire movie that will leave you with a smile on your face(especially if yu are a fan of li-li-li).

Also I didn't think that it deserved 5 stars I was stuck on a 4-4.5, but then the end came around.

Also sidenote from up at the top, this is uncut just like all red sun releases, so don't expect to see a scene cut-off and then reappear with lines on the screen and distortion because somebody finally decided to press the play button in a non-action scene.

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Good Film....but dont buy Red Sun version
A CLASSIC DISCOVERED!!!
One of the best period...
Great film, horrid DVD.
WHIE LOTUS PREIST steals the show!!!

Fist of the White Lotus
Starring: Liu Chia Hui , Lo Lieh , Hui Ying-Hung , Liu Chia Hu , and Liu Chia-hui
Director: Lo Lieh
Manufacturer: Red Sun
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ASIN: B000FELD8Y
Release Date: 2007-02-07

Customer Reviews:

Good Film....but dont buy Red Sun version.......2007-06-20

Red Sun only sells bootleg dvds that are of very poor quality. I made the mistake of buying the Red Sun version, and it is horrible. It is not digitally remastered, the audio would go out in several places, and it would freeze and skip...and would often freeze up my dvd player in the process. The reviewer "morgoth" works for Red Sun and just spams reviews saying how great Red Sun is. Do yourself a favor and dont buy this dvd...you can easily find a real version elsewhere. Do other people a favor and spread the word about Red Sun...and vote NOT HELPFUL on all morgoth's reviews.

This is a great film, and I encourage you to buy a non-bootleg copy.

A CLASSIC DISCOVERED!!!.......2007-03-15

I have been a fan and collector of old skool kung fu flix since I was a kid. I thought I had seen all the good ones untill I discovered this gem. The fight coreoraphy is terrific, and the definate high point of the film is Lo Lehi's preformance as "Pai Mei". As a matter of personal preferance, I prefer a more serious and bloody story. This flix was a bit light hearted in tone for me, but I laughed out loud when Gordon Liu attacks Lo Lehi while he's relaxing in the bathtub. Overall this film is an old skool classic. Worth every penny of what you pay for it.

One of the best period..........2007-03-12

If you have not seen this yet, it is an absolute must for any fan of the genre. White Lotus priest Pei Mei is at his best, and Gordon Liu does not disappoint in his role... I also recommend Executioner from Shaolin which is the prequal to this awesome film...

Great film, horrid DVD........2007-02-06

If you're looking for bootleg DVDs with bootleg "quality," here you go. Red Sun or whatever their name is, is a bootleg company that steals the image quality from Hong Kong DVDs and sells it as their own. They then put out crappy bootlegs like this here and have their stooges post how great they are so you buy their releases. The dvds are poor, have audio and image issues, and fall apart in a year or so. If that sounds "Great," "superior," etc. please feel free to buy this release. If not, get the actual releases from Hong Kong for cheaper prices and see something great.

WHIE LOTUS PREIST steals the show!!!.......2007-02-01

Watch this movie for THE WHITE LOTUS PRIEST PAI MEI. The White Lotus Preist is one of the coolest characters you'll ever see in any kung fu movie , period. Although I enjoyed this kung fu movie, I've seen Gordon Liu in better roles. The White Lotus Preist fights Gordon Liu several times and each time spares G.L.'s life. I was very angry, because at the end when Gordon Liu finally is able to beat the White Lotus Preist he kills him and doesn't spare his life.

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Five Shaolin Masters
Starring: Gordon Liu , Ti Lung , Alexander Fu-Sheng , Fu Sheng , and David Chiang
Manufacturer: Red Sun
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ASIN: B000F9WF86
Release Date: 2007-02-07

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Old "skool" kun fu

10 Brothers of Shaolin
Starring: Ling Chia , Yi Chang , Wei Tung , and Don Wong
Director: Chung Ting (II)
Manufacturer: Crash Cinema Media
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ASIN: B00009EIR4
Release Date: 2004-03-23

Description

Dynamo stars Bruce Li, Ku Feng (My Kung Fu 12 Kicks, Two Champions of Death) and Chiang Tao (10 Tigers of Shaolin). Lee Ting Yee (Bruce Li) is discovered by a talent agent who builds him up as the next Bruce Lee, while a second agency finds out, it sends its henchmen out to pound Lee into the ground in an attempt to discredit him as a martial artist and destroy his image. When his girlfriend gets abducted, he must fight a quite formidable opponent in a tournament to win her back. Kung Fu is King!

Customer Reviews:

Old "skool" kun fu.......2006-05-29

I came across this particular flick while checking out a few other Don Wang Toa flicks, I noticed it had a 4 star. Having seeing that I felt compelled to check it out. I duly a greed it's a 4 star. I though this flick was very entertaining from the start to the finished. It had fight scenes after fight scenes, consistant throughout the flick. Importantly, the DVd transfer is acceptable. it has a very tight story I though, and very easy to follow. I would recommend this to any old school kung fu lover out there. Wang Tao certainly perfomed in this one!!

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not exactly like the sunday drive-in movies of the past

The Shaolin Brothers
Starring: Feng , Bing , and Kuo
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
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ASIN: B00004YZER
Release Date: 2000-11-14

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not exactly like the sunday drive-in movies of the past.......2001-03-20

i was looking for the old sunday drive-in movie types and picked up this movie because it had shaolin in it's title. i do not recommend it. i definitely recomend the five deadly venoms and the return of the five deadly venoms; as well as the drunken master with jackie chan. the venom movies are classic sunday drive-in movies and the drunken master is recent.

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The Shaolin Brothers
Starring: Wong , Mong , and Wed
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
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ASIN: B000087F3T
Release Date: 2003-01-14

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Kung Fu Classic - Shaolin Brothers

ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000EHL9RC

Product Description

This kung fu classic stars Carter Wong as Ling, a disciple of the Shaolin Temple who studied alongside his brother Ko. However, when Ko is recruited by the Manchurians to be commander, the brothers become enemies as Ko hunts down martial artists who have rebelled against the government.

12 MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES [6 DVDs / Over 18 Hours] Chinese Connection, Kung Fu: Punch Of Death, Dragon Princess, Samurai Reincarnation, Snake-Crane Secret, Duel Of The Iron Fists, Legend Of The Eight Samurai, Militant Eagle, Dragon Lee vs. The Five Brothers, Revenge Of The Drunken Master, General Stone, North & South Shaolin

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12 MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES [6 DVDs / Over 18 Hours] Chinese Connection, Kung Fu: Punch Of Death, Dragon Princess, Samurai Reincarnation, Snake-Crane Secret, Duel Of The Iron Fists, Legend Of The Eight Samurai, Militant Eagle, Dragon Lee vs. The Five Brothers, Revenge Of The Drunken Master, General Stone, North & South Shaolin

ProductGroup: DVD
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Martial Arts | Sports | Genres | DVD | Video
Product Features:

Digitally Remastered For Superior Picture Quality
Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound
INTERACTIVE MENUS
Chapter Stops / scene selections

ASIN: B000IG6G6S

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