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Jackie Chan, James Tien, Lo Wei, Sai-kun Yam, Chan Hui-lau

Jackie Chan's first directorial assignment is a showcase for its courageous star, whose considerable reputation rests on his near-masochistic willingness to accept incredible amounts of physical punis... read more read more...hment in order to entertain an audience, and, as the title suggests, his ability to laugh about it. Chan plays Shing Lung, a talented but lazy young fighter who disobeys his grandfather's orders not to fight. This proves costly, as the brutal General Yen (Yam Sai-kwoon) is slaughtering all of Shing's grandfather's anti-Ching clan. As soon as Yen hears of Shing's unique fighting style, he hunts down the grandfather (James Tien) and kills him. Shing has to take various jobs (including one as a second-hand coffin salesman) and disguise himself as a pauper and a woman until he is ready to fight the general. Chan Hui-lau plays the crippled master known as the Unicorn, who trains Shing in a deadly form of fighting called "emotional kung-fu," which uses laughter and tears as secret weapons. After a lengthy training sequence in which the long-suffering Chan does 14 sit-ups upside-down without a cut while loudly slamming his back into a tree after each, Shing finally takes on the general and his trio of assistants. For this film, Chan returned to producer Lo Wei's studio to fulfill a contract, then refused to work for the studio again. The producer managed to cobble together a paste-up sequel, Fearless Hyena 2, but was so incensed at Chan that he reportedly used his triad ties to put out a contract on the star, forcing Chan to work in Taiwan for some time rather than returning to Hong Kong. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Jackie Chan, Kenneth Tsang

Release Date: February 17, 1979

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DVD Release Date: October 7, 1997

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  • EightThirty
    May 24, 2012
    EightThirty
    25/05/2012 (DVD)
  • deano
    December 16, 2010
    deano
    Spectacular! Jackie Chan made his impressive on his acting and directorial debut in this Hong Kong epic comedy/martial arts film. This is funny and exciting with excellent ideas and stunt choreography by Chan. The fighting scenes are greatly choreographed and the story combines t... read morehe fights in an easy to watch movie that entertains from the beginning to the very end.
    One of my favorite scenes is the Dueling Chopsticks scene in which the Unicorn prevents Shing (Chan) from eating by using his chopsticks.
  • ileo
    February 18, 2008
    ileo
    Great!
  • rageofsadako2008
    December 23, 2008
    rageofsadako2008
    Jackie Chan's first directorial effort; I would argue this is the best of his movies from the 1978-1982 "comedy chop socky" genre. It could be argued that Young Master is perhaps the more polished, better put together film, but none of his efforts (yes, not even Snake in Eagle's ... read moreShadow) can match the energy and naive charm of this 1979 classic. The action choreography is still in the wooden Lo Wei style he had for those years, but the fluidity is coming, and would culminate in Young Master and Dragon Lord years later. Worth watching.
  • ramsiverse
    May 21, 2008
    ramsiverse
    Proves that when Jackie (or rather, "Jacky") directs his own films, they turn out great. The chopstick scene, Jackie's training scene, the fight at the beginning with the staffs- all fantastic! The dubbing includes british accents, which seem odd, but anything for a laugh is good... read more, such as the scene where Jackie dresses in drag. Somehow, it's hysterical! I rate this among the best in his early career.
  • jazzyjamy2k
    February 7, 2008
    jazzyjamy2k
    Jackie Chan plays the young goofy grandson of chen pang fei who wants his grandson to be more serious in life and not fight in public, this concept is not clearly understood until his grandfather is killed by a terrible man hunting member of the unicorn clan. As Chan learns the s... read moreecret ways of the clan from the unicorn himself he will show his true nature in the final confrontation in avenging his grandfather's death.
  • triskelt
    January 10, 2007
    triskelt
    One of the first ones with Jackie's unique style. The last battle scene...I wish I could learn that "emotion"kung fu!

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July 4, 2005
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November 7, 2002
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