Deadend of Besiegers

Customer Reviews:

Don't have this version, but the foreign version that I got has 2 languages and says it's uncut at 106 min., yet movie is 85min.......2006-03-06

I was dissapointed I did not get the full version. But the movie is pretty good, if you wanna see Iron Monkey in another good role, this may be what you are looking for. I don't know the version they sell on Amazon, but I doubt thAT it's the full one. Overall pretty good movie that need more fights with the Iron Monkey.

Cynthia Khan excels in superb historical kung fu adventure.......2003-07-08

DEADEND OF BESIEGERS is a 1992 kung fu film starring Yu Rong Guang (the "Iron Monkey" himself) and Cynthia Khan (IN THE LINE OF DUTY 3, 4 & 5), two fine fighting stars who are in peak form here. Yu stars as a Japanese martial artist visiting China to learn Chinese kung fu. Cynthia plays a village girl and expert in Dog Fist style, who, with the other villagers, mistakes Yu for one of the Japanese pirates who have raided their village. Only when Cynthia's adolescent sister intervenes on behalf of Yu, who saved her life, does Cynthia gradually accept the idea of his innocence. Eventually, he joins Cynthia and the other villagers in fending off a renewed attack by the pirates.

It's a well-told, refreshingly original story, backed up by frequent, expertly staged fighting, all shot amidst picturesque locales and settings in Mainland China. The actors are all excellent, especially the girl who plays the younger sister, a character who spends all her free time caring for and feeding the Japanese outcast, even going so far as to teach him enough of her language to get by.

The DVD includes three language tracks: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. The Japanese-speaking characters speak Japanese on both the Cantonese and Mandarin tracks. This reviewer prefers the Cantonese track because the Cantonese voice actors are livelier and more expressive, particularly the actress who voices the young girl.

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Deadend of Besiegers

Born to Defence-Directed by Jet li

Born to Defence/Deadend of Besiegers
Starring: Cav 2pak
Manufacturer: Cav Distribution
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000053GST
Release Date: 2000-10-31

Customer Reviews:

Deadend of Besiegers.......2007-09-08

The movie is fun to watch. Takes you to Japan and China. As some of the subject matter is predictable, its still a very good movie. I would say at the very least 3 and a half stars. The fights are pretty good, and the acting is believable. The only thing I didn't like was they should have shown Ogawa return to Japan and fight the foreigner.

Still a movie to watch and the DVD is excellent.

Born to Defence-Directed by Jet li.......2001-02-20

This the first movie Jet li made after the shaolin temple series. He personally directed this one. The plot is simple and very predicatable. The fighting it nothing to shout about, it is mostly boxing. Definitely not one of his better movies. Rent before you buy

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3 Stars for Both Movies

Kids from Shaolin/Deadend of Besiegers
Starring: Cav 2pak
Manufacturer: Cav Distribution
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000053GSU
Release Date: 2000-10-31

Customer Reviews:

3 Stars for Both Movies.......2001-08-06

Kids from Shaolin: This movie is interesting to watch. The acting and direction is not that great. In fact, take it all with a grain of salt. The movie was obviously made for children (it begins with a cartoon, and several of the main characters are kids). However, the movie has its redeeming qualities. The big reason to see this movie is for the action. Throughout most of the film, the action is slow, and not too exciting. It is mildly impressive at times. However, the finale is excellent. The last fight scene is over ten minutes long with tons of characters fighting in an all out martial arts sequence, like no others before it. Besides Jet Li, this film features kung fu expert Pan Qing Fu. See the movie only for the action.

Dead End of Besiegers: This is an unusal movie. For starters, Rong Guang Yu plays a Japanese fighter (he's Chinese), who accidentally ends up in China. His character tries to learn a style called The Dog Fist from Cynthia Kahn, in order to return to Japan and restore his honor. However, Rong Guang Yu ends up getting mixed up with some pirates in China and ends up into a lot of trouble. In the end, he must help everyone in their fight against the evil Japanese pirates. The film gets boring at times, but try to stay awake. Most of the acting is not that great. However, the action does have its good moments, even though most of it is only so-so. Don't get too depressed because there are scenes (like the finale) where Rong Guang Yu and Cynthia Kahn get to show off their exceptional skill, and make the film worthwhile.

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