IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,7/10
1917
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Ein junger, heldenhafter Polizist im Dschungel von Thailand versucht, ein schönes Mädchen davor zu retten, dem "Wurmstamm", dem sie angehört, geopfert zu werden.Ein junger, heldenhafter Polizist im Dschungel von Thailand versucht, ein schönes Mädchen davor zu retten, dem "Wurmstamm", dem sie angehört, geopfert zu werden.Ein junger, heldenhafter Polizist im Dschungel von Thailand versucht, ein schönes Mädchen davor zu retten, dem "Wurmstamm", dem sie angehört, geopfert zu werden.
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesUnusual for the time, in Cantonese language versions of the film, the Ni Kuang wrap around scenes were seemingly shot in sync sound rather than dubbed in post. Ni Kuang's character is actually speaking Mandarin.
- Alternative VersionenThis film has at least 3 different endings in every of its release. In the original theatrical release, after the monster-killing climax, there's another by-the-pool-party scene (same pool as seen in the beginning of the film, but is supposed to be another party) in which Maggie Cheung's character (kind of) makes up with Dr Yuen. Then we cut to the original party scene that starts off the movie with Dr Yuen, Wisely, Ai Hong (Ni Kuang - the real author of the two pulp-novel series) and a bunch of beautiful girls. As the author finishes telling the movie's story to the girls, one of them asks if he has another adventure story to tell. The author replies, "Well, we have to see what exciting adventures Dr Yuen and Wisely are going to have." The two main characters come into frame, toast and finish their drink. Freeze frame and comes the music and end credits. In the first video release available in Hong Kong during the late 1980s-early 1990s, the last two scenes were completely cut out, so as the very last close-up of Bachu, the native girl. Instead it is replaced with a two-shot of her and her lover, while the end credits rolls halfly over its freeze frame, halfly over black. Also in that video release, the native girl's nude scenes were partly censored with the explicit body parts blacked out to make the film more "family-oriented". In the DVD edition, the second last scene in the original theatrical release is cut out, whilst the final scene is retained but with end credits rolling over. The original dialogues are replaced with the ending music. One would suspect the reason for the last two scene being cut out in later releases is because they drag on for quite a while, though narratively it is not a bad attempt as the two scenes mirror the beginning of the movie.
- VerbindungenFollowed by Die 7. Macht (1987)
Ausgewählte Rezension
Crazy and very fast-paced Hong Kong action/adventure/fantasy/horror/comedy that seems to dip its toe into almost every genre besides musical.
There's even a cop/crime element at the start, small amounts of romance, and a scene that feels like a riff on a Rambo sequel where it almost becomes like a war film.
It feels like it changes gears/genres every five minutes, and that's part of its charm. It always remain fun and fast paced, no matter what it's trying to do.
Of course there's not much by way of a coherent story or great characters, the fantastic Chow Yun-Fat's presence is unfortunately exaggerated by the poster (he's really not the protagonist), and honestly I wished it could have been a little bit longer, because with a fast pace and a 78 minute runtime, it's over very quickly.
But if you like movies that pull off tackling numerous genres at once, this is pretty easy to recommend.
There's even a cop/crime element at the start, small amounts of romance, and a scene that feels like a riff on a Rambo sequel where it almost becomes like a war film.
It feels like it changes gears/genres every five minutes, and that's part of its charm. It always remain fun and fast paced, no matter what it's trying to do.
Of course there's not much by way of a coherent story or great characters, the fantastic Chow Yun-Fat's presence is unfortunately exaggerated by the poster (he's really not the protagonist), and honestly I wished it could have been a little bit longer, because with a fast pace and a 78 minute runtime, it's over very quickly.
But if you like movies that pull off tackling numerous genres at once, this is pretty easy to recommend.
- Jeremy_Urquhart
- 8. Okt. 2021
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