The Kung Fu Master & Revenge of the Kung Fu Master

The Kung Fu Master & Revenge of the Kung Fu Master

Rejissyor: KonCategory3. During the mid-90s, martial arts star Donnie Yen made two highly popular period dramas with Hong Kong television studio ATV. The first is 1994's The Kung Fu Master , and the second is Fist of Fury , a 1995 television remake of Bruce Lee's classic film. The Kung Fu Master set a new standard for television at the time with its high production values, China location shooting, and of course, stunning action. Donnie Yen stars as popular folk hero Hung Hei Koon, the founder of the Hung Gar school of martial arts. The popular folk hero's exploits have been liberally dramatized in films like Jet Li's The New Legend of Shaolin and Chen Kuan Tai's Executioners from Shaolin , and Donnie Yen brings his own intense spin to the character. Nick Cheung ( Election ), who started his acting career with ATV, portrays another familiar name, Fong Sai Yuk. Young and impulsive, Hung Hei Koon (Donnie Yen) is always getting into fights in his eagerness to defend other people. His father (Poon Chi Man) serves as an official in the Qing court, but he is actually the leader of a revolutionary group aiming to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. A tragic end awaits his family when Hung Hei Koon's father's double identity is revealed. Determined to take revenge, Hung decides to go to Shaolin to undergo advanced martial arts training, befriending Fong Sai Yuk (Nick Cheung) along the way. A treacherous betrayal from a fellow disciple, however, brings Qing troops to the doors of Shaolin. The Kung Fu Master is another of Tai Seng Entertainments attempts to introduce Martial Arts television series to the west. Just like with The Master Swordsman and Assassin Swordsman they took a full series and edited it down into an extended movie. They did a much better job with The Kung Fu Master than they did with the previous two mentioned titles as The Kung Fu Master is more coherent as a movie. The original series is around twenty-two and a half hours long where both The Kung Fu Master and its sequel Revenge of the Ku

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