Kung Fu Rascals

Back in the early - mid 90's, my friends and I came across this little flick that soon became all the rave for our little cult of viewing pleasure. This movie is without a doubt a must see for any person who is into the old Hong Kong Kung Fu movies that I had grown up on watching late at night on the local mandarin channel (Midnight Kung Fu Theatre, baby!).

This movie is all about laughs, do not take it seriously as a "Kung Fu" flick... it's more of a spoof of asian films. I would say this movie is made up of three mixes. It's part Jacky Chan, part Godzilla and part American Westerns. This movie is incredibly funny for those who have are in the mood for childish humor, and have an understanding of asian cinema.

This movie is super rad and it has lots of rad Kung Fu fighting, Les Claypool is in it and Primus is rad, so that makes it more rad but even with out him the movie would be rad because it's rad, definitely watch this rad classic movie.

I knew I was in for trouble when one of the trailers for this film was the sequel to Hell Comes To Frogtown (as if the first one wasn't absolutely horrible). When I watch movies like this, all I can do is try to figure out the key demo that it was targeted to, as I can only assume there are people out there who find this garbage entertaining. Nerds who like the Sci-Fi Channel? A ten-year-old with developmental issues? If you liked this thing, I'm not trying to rag on you here, but this film doesn't work for me on any level. It's not funny, the action sucks, and the shtick where it tries to mimic low-budget martial arts films is a total fail, especially when you can watch the real thing in abundance. Ever heard of a guy named Godfrey Ho? No? You should.

this movie is goofy and dumb, but is worth checking out for one reason: it stars Les Claypool, bass player extraordinare for the great band PRIMUS. he stars as an evil sheriff and actually does quite a good job.

I did like the fact how the movie tried to skewer all kung fu film cliches in 90 minutes but overall it just doesn't hang together that well, but it does succeed on a so stupid it's cool level.

For those of you have seen this movie , this is actually a remake of Steve's great super 8mm film he did in the early 80's which to me is not as polished as this film, but a lot funnier. Steve along with local Bay Area friends from San Jose made this classic . I own a copy but it is a little on the grainy side. To see this 8mm classic is a holy gem.

From what I have been told, I do believe this film some sort of bet that Steve made that a film of this type could be made on a modest budget.There are a lot of great in jokes with great kung fu action.

There is also a great kicking soundtrack by Johnny and his punk band. The Theme- We are the Kung fu Rascals , And we don't need no hassles, If trouble is what you are giving, You must be tired of living.