Shaw Brothers: Shadow Whip Special Edition

Description

Master swordfighter Cheng Pei-Pei is known for her deadly skill wielding a powerful whip, but when her weapon of choice is used in a series of murders and a robbery, she becomes the most likely suspect. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates, she decimates the competition against beautiful winter landscapes in one of the most rousing and entertaining action films from the classic Shaw Brothers library!

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful cinematography and superb extended action scenes. What more do you want? .......2007-06-22

If you are not careful, you may overdose from all the whip action. The movie is only 80 minutes long, but you will definitely get your fill. The whip action is good, and the sword fighting is WAY ahead of it's time. Yueh Wah is known for being a good actor, and is also known to handle a sword pretty well. He is on fire in this movie giving one of his very best performances. The story is not bad, but not really worth going over. Cheng Pei-Pei is a young woman who finds out her uncle has a secret. Yueh Wah's character is looking to kill him because of this secret. Now we are left to wonder for a while whether or not he is guilty of the crime he is being accused of. Ku Feng also stars, and if you are a fan of Shaw Brothers movies, I am sure you know what kind of character he plays. Ku feng was wonderful even late in his career, and it is a treat to see him in his physical prime.

While a lot of Shaw movies are known as being confusing and boring, 'The Shadow Whip' is neither. The action is definitely the highlight, and there is plenty of it. Pei-Pei looks great using her whip, and Tien Feng looks better than I could have ever expected. Tien Feng is the guy who plays Bruce Lee's master in The Chinese Connection and plays Jackie Chan's master in The Young Master. Yueh Wah sticks with his sword and kills a lot of people. 2 of the action scenes go on for about 10 minutes. The undercranking is a tad excessive and not used to great effect, but you will not find a lot of movies from 1971 or earlier that have better fight choreography than this.

3.5/5

Picture quality is just about perfect, and the mono Mandarin audio sounds very good. The 5.1 mix is not so good. Mono is definitely the way to go. And the subtitles are very well written.

Special features include a behind the scenes stills gallery and 24 trailers. If you want to see a proper Shaw Brothers release, be sure to check out the movies Dragon Dynasty are releasing. Image's Shaw trailers are horrible, while Dragon Dynasty has a bunch of rare ORIGINAL Shaw trailers on all of their first 4 releases (including 'Buddha's Palm', 'Invincible Fist', 'Shaolin Mantis' and 'Blood Brothers').

Image has released nearly all of their Shaw library now (they only have like 25 titles), and I enjoy their DVDs. Great picture quality, and not very many problems to speak of. It sure beats the bootlegs.

this movie is awful.......2007-06-14

it's not even the cheesy kind of awful which is actually funny and awesome - this is just the awful that comes from bad sets, bad actors, bad effects, a bad story, an abdicated premise (the "whip master" lady umm "can't use a whip") and martial arts not dramatically better than a pack of 14-year-olds playing ninja in the back yard.

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Really poor quality DVD ruins pretty good movie

Duel of Ultimate Weapons
Starring: David Chang , Kent Ko , Hwang Jang Lee , Simon Lin , and Wong Cheng Li
Director: Walter Mark
Manufacturer: Videoasia
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Release Date: 2005-01-11

Description

Hwang Jung Lee takes on all comers in the first and weapon packed action masterpiece!

Customer Reviews:

Really poor quality DVD ruins pretty good movie.......2005-08-16

Since I am a old school kung fu enthusiast, I am used to grainy images and poor dubbing... however, this quality is very poor. Most of the movie is too dark to be seen and I had to adjust my screen to get a half decent picture. I really wish I could find a better copy because the story and fighting isn't half bad; its sad to see.

My feeling is that this DVD should be in the $4.98 range - you can get much better movies out ther efor 10 bucks... go to "Kung Fu for the Sole" Listmania to find a few of my favorites.

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FLASH FIZZLES
Expert Weapon
This video is only $19.95

Expert Weapon
Starring: Ian Jacklin , Sam J. Jones , Mel Novak , Judy Landers , and Joe Estevez
Director: Steven Austin
Manufacturer: Simitar Ent.
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ASIN: 6305138397
Release Date: 1998-09-29

Customer Reviews:

FLASH FIZZLES.......2004-08-13

Sam Jones who burst on to the scene way back in 1980s FLASH GORDON co-stars in this ridiculously trite and boring movie. He plays the head of an agency called...TA DUM...THE PROGRAM!! The participants in the Program are ASSASSINS who kill for the government, or so Mr. Jones says. Whether they really do or not is never fully revealed. Suffice to say, assassin and non-actor Ian Jacklin becomes his newest recruit. There's one scene where Jacklin is told he has to take acting classes to help in undercover roles. He tells instructor, the vacuous Judy Landers, "I'm no actor!". Amen, truer words could never be spoken. Mel Novak in his toupee and let's make me look younger makeup plays Jacklin's mentor, who also has asthma. Joe Estevez brings further shame to the Sheen clan as a baseball spouting psycho, in one of the worst performances I've seen in a year! Julie Merrill tags along as the blind wife of a mob leader whom Jacklin snuffs. Of course, he falls in love with her and vows to take down the agency, which he does in a really dead climax. In a truly inspired scene, prisoner Jacklin urinates on his priest's bible and tells him to go to hell. The priest, who is really Novak undercover, kicks him in the privates and convinces him to join the Program.
Dull, daffy and definitely not worth renting or buying.

Expert Weapon.......2000-07-02

I was very disappointed with Expert Weapon.Sam Jones was great in Flash Gordon but in this movie well i think he should have left it alone.The acting and fighting scenes were so stupidly made,it was like as if a actor was standing there waiting to be hit.This is the type of film that reminded me of the early '80's low and cheap. Please do not waste your money on a low budget film like this.Rent it or look for a diffrent type of action film.

This video is only $19.95.......1999-02-06

Action Star Ian Jacklin stars along with Flash Gordon's Sam J Jones, Judy Landers and Joe Estevez. This film is NOT available in Canada. If you have questions please call the films producer and distributor at 1-800-906-4749. ~Screen Pix Home Video

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