Magnificent Butcher

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Fans of The Matrix who exclaimed over the fight sequences staged by Yuen Woo-ping should get a load of what he can do when he's really in his element, deploying classic martial arts moves with an updated body-slamming intensity. In Magnificent Butcher you also get a sketch history of Hong Kong action cinema along the way. The plot is a mishmash about the kidnapping of the daughter of a local merchant; the fun is in the character turns and the electrifying combat scenes. Aging martial arts star Kwan Tak-hing returns to the role of real-life Cantonese nationalist folk hero Wong Fei-hung, a character he owned in the 1950s in a long string of B movies. Sammo Hung stars as Butcher Ah-wing, Wong's number one student, the character played by the even tubbier Kent Cheng in the Once Upon a Time in China series, to Jet Li's upright younger version of Wong. Kwan wisely leaves the hard action to his younger costars, but he does some deft, elegant tricks with furniture and calligraphy brushes, proof positive that he still has all the chops of a kung fu master, everything but the brute strength. (He actually makes mere strength look rather crass.) --David Chute

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Hailed as one of the greatest kung-fu movies of all time, Magnificent Butcher is a powerhouse of martial arts action starring Hong Kong Legend Sammo Hung ("Martial Law" - hit TV series), and directed by Yuen Woo-ping who brought his highly inventive fight choreography to blockbuster hits "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "The Matrix". A student at master Wong-Fei-hung's martial academy, chubby and likeable butcher Lam Sai-wing (Sammo Hung) constantly lands in trouble - no more so than when he comes to the rescue of Kao Da-Hoi (Yuen Biao), the son of Master Ko (Lee Hoi-san) who heads opposing kung-fu school the Five Dragons. The good-hearted Sai-wing never suspects that Da-hoi is plotting against him by orchestrating a series of events to frame Sai-wing for murder of Da-hoi's half-sister. Hot for vengeance and to clear his good name, sai-wing first faces off against Da-hoi, leading to the ultimate martial arts showdown when Sammo Hung launches his 'five animals' against lee Hoi-san's 'five elements' fung-fu style!

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I finally got around to seeing this, and it will be a while before it leaves my DVD player.......2007-05-06

Sammo Hung stars as Butcher Wing, the famous student of Wong Fei Hong, and Master Wong is played by Kwan Tak Hing! Kwan would be the standout performer, except for the fact that he only has a cameo and the rest of the cast does such a good job. When Sammo's brother comes to town, he gets fooled by Fung Hak-on and has to fight for his life when he doesn't give Hak-on his money. His wife gets kidnapped for Hak-on's own personal pleasure, and Sammo goes to take down who he thinks the kidnapper is, a drunken master character (played by Fan Mei Sheng) based on Simon Yuen from Drunken Master. When the drunk tells Sammo all that has happened, Sammo goes to rescue his brother's wife. He also rescues a girl who is actually Master Ko's daughter. Ko is the master of the rival kung fu school of Wong Fei Hung and Sammo must now battle Master Ko's men after Hak-on frames Sammo for killing Ko's daughter.

The story is good, but the action is out of this world. This is Sammo's best fighting performance of his career, but the rest of the cast is just as good. Lee Hoi San gives maybe his best performance ever, Chung Fat's Cat's Claw puts even Jackie Chan to shame, and Lam Ching Ying (he uses a fan to fight with) shines brightly in his first major fighting role. After making about 100 movies playing Wong Fei Hong, KWan Tak Hing is probably the brightest spot in the whole movie. He is old, but his single fight scene is just as good as the others. Similiar to Drunken Master and Dance Of The Drunk Mantis, the stunt doubling for Fan Mei Sheng's drunken character is very fun to watch. Usually when I watch a movie that everyone says is great, it rarely meets my expectations. 'The Magnificent Butcher' is one of the rare exceptions. It is a kung fu fan's dream movie. The cast also includes Yuen Biao and Wei Pai (the snake from Five Deadly Venoms), and a lot of character actors from Sammo and Yuen Woo Ping's other movies. Yuen Biao has maybe the best fight of the movie against Lam Ching Ying, but there are so many great fights to choose from.

5/5

Make sure you get the Deltamac or Fox/Fortune Star version. Both have very good sound and picture quality.

Magnificient Kung Fu Movie for anyone interested in Kung Fu films.......2007-02-03

This movie is very Awesome! The previous reviewers I agree with their opinions about the movie. If the movie has a very positive rating then that's means you should consider purchasing it. I am a fan of Kung Fu and Yuen Woo Ping films. I gurantee anyone who loves Kung Fu movies, will especially love this film.

Old "skool" Kung fu!!.......2006-06-07

This classic is definately Sammo Hung's best performance. The art of kung fu, very present and entertaining. Importantly,,the choreography very clear and transparent. This flick is a must have,,you will not be dissapointed!!

ONE OF THE GREATEST ............2006-04-29

great storyline and great action. One of sammo hungs first movies , and this was before prodigal son .Sammo had films like warroirs two also classic under his belt.

The cast =9.5/10 sammo hung ,yuen biao , kwang tak hing , lam ching ying ,

The plot 8/10

rival schools ,go head to head due to accidental trouble cuased by butcher wing[sammo hung]
sammo gets framed for murder ...and that gives much more serious action

it is a comedy and seriuos film. Which combines greatly.

action = 10/10
yuen wo ping people.....one of the greatest fight cheoraphers in martial art history. Also note , matrix, kill bill ect

Do yourself a favour and buy this.

An average movie with moments of brilliance.......2006-03-07

The title of my review says it all. I personally bought the DVD because I'm a Jackie Chan/ Sammo Hung fan. Their style of fighting is conducive to the big screen. If they aren't kicking someone's ass with brilliant moves, they are falling on their asses in humorous situations. It's entertaining if you can appreciate slap stick humor. For people like that, I rate this movie a 5, but most people are watching these movies for amazing martial arts, and this movie doesn't really consistently give you that. There are two fights that are really very good, and one that is absolutely amazing. You should buy this movie just to see the fight that comes in the middle of it. I won't explain any further, I'll let you enjoy it for yourself. It's a pleasant suprise at the time that it comes.

Yu-gi-oh Duel Master's Guide Trading Card Game Dvd with Trading Cards

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Yu-gi-oh Duel Master's Guide Trading Card Game Dvd with Trading Cards

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YU-GI-OH TRADING CARDS AND DVD

ASIN: B000H77NGU

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YU-GI-OH DUEL MASTERS TRADING CARD GAME DVD WITH COLLECTIBLE TRADING CARDS. YU-GI-OH DUEL MASTERS GUIDE FEATURES THE KNOW HOW OF YU-GI-OH TRADING. DVD FEATURES CARD DETAILS PHASES OF GAMEPLAY BATTLE & DAMAGE SAMPLE DUEL AND EXTRA'S SO IF YOU ARE REALLY INTO YU-GI-OH AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TRADING OF THE CARDS AND COLLECTING THE CARDS. THIS DVD WILL TEACH YOU ALL THE BASIC AND KNOWHOW OF YU-GI-OH TRADING AND COLLECTING. ALSO COMES 4 PACKS OF YU-GI-OH TRADING CARDS. THESE TRADING CARDS ARE NOT LIKE THE REST. THESE CARDS ARE HOLOGRAPHIC. WITH 2 RARE CARDS IN EACH PACKAGE. YOU GET 1 YELLOW STARTER DECK,1 BLUE STARTER DECK,1 GREEN STARTER DECK, AND 1 PINK STARTER DECK. EACH PACKAGES HAS 72 CARDS THAT IS A TOTAL OF 288 COLLECTIBLE TRADING CARDS. AFTER YOU WATCH THE DVD. YOU CAN PLAY THE GAME. KNOW WHICH CARDS YOU BATTLE AND WHICH CARDS ARE DAMAGE. THESE CARDS ARE COLLECTIBLE AND ALL HOLOGRAPHIC. EACH PACKAGE HAS 2 RARE COLLECTIBLE CARDS. YU-GU-OH RULES. AND YOU WILL TO WITH THIS DVD AND COLLECTIBLE CARDS.

Crash Masters: Bloody Duel-Life and Death

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Crash Masters: Bloody Duel-Life and Death
Starring: Bloody Duel-Life & Death
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ASIN: B000MQ551Q
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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This film is Digitally re-mastered and will have packaging with a side by side visual comparison of before and after restoration still frames form the film.

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Duel Masters - Show Me the Mana
Starring: Duel Masters
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ASIN: B0009CTVA4
Release Date: 2005-06-28

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Shobu and the gang are back and ready to own the zone! Shobu finally gets the chance to enter the mysterious temple - but it's not as easy as it sounds, as he must face several challenges just to get in, and then must win 50 duels to advance to the next level. As always, Shobu's friends are there to help him out…

Black Belt Theatre, Vol. 8: Shaolin Drunk Monkey

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ABSOLUTELY NO DRUNKEN MONKEY STYLES IN THIS!!
Cheesy kung fu at it's cheesiest
The Shaolin Drunk Monkey ROCKS!
Non-Existent Drunken Monkey or even Monkey Boxing
not what the title says it is

Black Belt Theatre, Vol. 8: Shaolin Drunk Monkey
Starring: Elton Chong , and Michael Wong
Director: Godfrey Ho
Manufacturer: Ground Zero
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ASIN: B00006II5R
Release Date: 2002-08-27

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ABSOLUTELY NO DRUNKEN MONKEY STYLES IN THIS!!.......2006-06-06

This flick was produced 1985,,,but the Wu Tang Clan DVD transfer is extremely, unbelievably and remarkably crappy.

Elton Chong performed brilliantly in this flick,,however, I'm not sure why they called this "Shaolin Drunken Monkey", since there's like no drunken monkey styles in it period. The fight scenes were greatly choreographed. This flick was interesting to watch from start to finished. I would definatly recommend it, but the copy I purchased was my worse experience. Therefore, this flick being a 4 star movie recieved only 3 stars
from me!!

Cheesy kung fu at it's cheesiest.......2005-11-16

This is a funny movie. I think the humor is at least partially intentional. The music is funny, the main characters are funny, the odd translations are funny, the shoe slaps are funny, the guy who bites a chicken's head off is funny, the guy who blows fire is funny, the mirrors on the guys chest are funny and ridiculous, the fan that flies and sound like a ufo is unexplicably funny. I love the whistling theme music. It has it all. It follows the typical kung fu theme, guy wants to fight, finds teacher who teaches him to be humble and then to fight, he trains, he meets a girl, he beats the bad guy, all is well.

The Shaolin Drunk Monkey ROCKS!.......2005-01-31

The Shaolin Drunk Monkey is a good kung-fu flic. I first watched it over at a friends house a few years back, I wasn't sure if I liked it at the time but I ended up buying it a couple of years later and I really enjoy it. It has some cheesey music and it does get alittle slow at times but for the most part it's pretty action packed and will keep you ethier laughing or cheering either way.

Non-Existent Drunken Monkey or even Monkey Boxing.......2004-07-18

I have seen this movie and quite frankly I am extremely disappointed because there is absolutely no drunken monkey or even regular monkey boxing seen anywhere in this movie. I am a dedicated fan of Tai Shing Pek Kwar (i.e. Monkey Kung Fu) and so when I came across this movie I just had to buy it because I thought it had the drunken monkey technique but alas, that was not the case. Am extremely disappointed by this.

not what the title says it is.......2002-11-03

A man named the Silver Eagle goes around fighting and killing off other kung-fu "masters" so he can become the best. Eventually he kills the Shaolin Temple master, whose granddaughter and son (Mo) then try to take their revenge. Mo meets an old beggar who teaches him to fight and who also teaches him humility. Finally the beggar, the granddaughter, and Mo join together to do battle with the Silver Eagle.
The fight scenes are okay, but this movie has nothing to do with the drunken monkey style, monkey style, or even drunken fist/boxing style. I repeat, those styles are NOT in this movie, although (regular) monkey may be alluded to in a few scenes. Personally, I got the movie because I'm interested in kung fu styles and drunken monkey is not in a lot of movies, so I was pretty disappointed when I watched the movie and found out it wasn't there.

Yu-gi-oh Trading Card Game Duel Masters Guide

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Yu-gi-oh Trading Card Game Duel Masters Guide

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YU-GI-OH TRADING CARD GAME DVD OFFICIAL RULES
FIRST TIME EVER ON DVD

ASIN: B000FV3GNW

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YU-GI-OG TRADING CARD GAME DUEL MASTERS GUIDE. FIRST TIME ON DVD A TRADING CARD GAME WITH COMPLETE OFFICIAL RULES ON HOW TO PLAY AND TRADE YU-GI-OH CARDS. DVD FEATURES PROLOGUE, PREPARATION, CARD DETAILD, PHASES OF GAMEPLAY, BATTLE & DAMAGE, SAMPLE DUEL, AND MORE DETAILS ON HOLOGRAMS AND MORE COLLECTORS CARDS. THIS DVD MAKES IT FUN AND EXCITING TO PLAY AND TRADE WITH YU-GI-OH CARDS. 40 MIN RUNNING TIME. FUN FOR ALL AGES.

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Duel Masters - Go Ahead Make My Duel
Starring: Dual Masters
Manufacturer: Hasbro
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ASIN: B0009CTV7C
Release Date: 2005-06-28

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Shobu, our spiky haired hero continues on his quest to become a Kaijudo Master. Taking on challenger after challenger, Shobu duels his way through the big tournament and finds himself in the final round with some truly outrageous duelists. Always at his side, Shobu's friends cheer him on every step of the way, while a dark and mysterious force watches from the sidelines…

Duel Masters - The Good, The Bad and the Bolshack

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Sure, It's pretty much a rip off of Magic the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh. So What.
WHO'S THE KID WITH THE SPIKY HAIR??
best duel master supply yet
AWESOME!

Duel Masters - The Good, The Bad and the Bolshack
Starring: Duel Masters
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ASIN: B0006IUDT4
Release Date: 2005-01-25

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Adventure, intrigue, and comedy blend in the animated DuelMasters: The Good, the Bad and the Bolshack, the exciting story of a neophyte Kaijudo duelist named Shobu, the young son of a missing game master. When the mysterious Knight offers to take Shobu's raw talent at dueling and add ego-reducing discipline and wisdom, the boy agrees without knowing there are other, darker forces behind the scenes. Someone wants Shobu to become the greatest Kaijudo master of all--but toward what end is this film's big mystery. The script squeezes in as many Kaijudo duels (using cards that invoke powerful creatures and characters, as with Pokemon and YuGiOh) as possible into the story, several reinforcing Knight's opinion that Shobu has enormous potential but little polish or control. Shobu's friends Rekuta, Sayaki and Mimi add comic relief, particularly the latter, a cutie-pie with a serious punctuality problem. --Tom Keogh

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Who's the kid with the spiky hair?! Meet Shobu Kirifuda, son of legendary (and missing) Kaijudo Master Shori Kirifuda. Shobu's just an ordinary kid, with one big difference - Shobu has the potential to be the WORLD'S GREATEST DUELIST! With best friends Rekuta, Sayuki and Mimi cheering him on, Shobu's dueling skills are increasing and he's learning valuable lessons about friendship, destiny and winning. Under the watchful eye of the mysterious Knight, Shobu learns to harness the power of the Flaming Hand and gains better control over both the ferocious creatures in the Zone and a steady stream of wacky (and sometimes evil!) opponents. Come along with Shobue and his friends as he follows the path to becoming a champion duelist and maybe... someday... a Kaijudo Master!

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Sure, It's pretty much a rip off of Magic the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh. So What........2005-07-25

I'm a big yugioh fan......or at least I use to be. Anyway I find Duel Masters to be a better show than yugioh. Why? Duel Masters has 3D CG animated creatures and the show is just funny. Also DM isn't always serious, which is why I like it. It's a fun show to watch. But I wouldn't buy it on DVD.

WHO'S THE KID WITH THE SPIKY HAIR??.......2005-04-02

SHOBU!!!!!!! BEST MOVIE EVAH!!!!! IF YOU LIKE DUELMASTERS GET THIS DVD!!!!

best duel master supply yet.......2005-02-15

hi my name is mitch and i just bought this dvd it was so good i have watched it 2 times in one day you also get a free altra rare duel master card. In the special features it has shobu telling how to play duel masters. So please duel master fans or bigginer fans beg and beg your parents to get this it is the best! :)

AWESOME!.......2005-01-26

This is awesome!!! I mean, comes with awesome extras!!!
Try to get this!!! Duel masters rock!This is the first dvd. So if you like Duel masters, get it!!!!

Duel Masters - Frankly Shobu, I Don't Give a Duel

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Duel Masters - Frankly Shobu, I Don't Give a Duel
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ASIN: B000AOEMYQ
Release Date: 2005-11-01

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comletely pissed at this dvd

Duel Of The Iron Fist
Starring: Yu Hui , Chen Kuan-Tai , Ti Lung , Wang Ping , and Tong Dik
Director: Chang Cheh
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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ASIN: B0002DG50Y
Release Date: 2002-02-02

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comletely pissed at this dvd.......2004-12-28

for those of us older kung fu movie heads i had to say i saw this movie for the first time when i was about 13 and i can say the dvd i recieved sucked they sliced some serious plot scenes out of this movie and even the ending has been sliced out of this movie what gives!!!?

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