The Battle Wizard

This move has it all! Copystrike potential, knees, no knees, snakes, blood sucking and lasers.

The acting and editing is on point aswell.

*clap clap* 10/10

This is one of those "so bad it's good" type of movies. Plot and editing are all over the place, as are action scenes, but that doesn't matter when people shoot laser beams from their hands and spit fire like dragons. It's a great to watch with your mate to laugh and question life while watching it. I give it 6/10 though. Not everyone can watch this and the movie has a very slow beginning. I recommend it just to hardcore fans of kung fu movies and bad movies!

This is one of the crazy ones, along the lines of Buddha's Palm or Holy Flame of the Martial World, though not as fun or inventive. Danny Lee plays a scholar who is uninterested in kung fu, who pursues the "Red Python" which can grant great power. His task is complicated by his philandering father, the cute Lin Chen-chi and her magical snakes, and angry Tanny Tien-ni and her dagger-shooting leg bone.

The movie is filled wacky costumes, fake monsters, goofy visual effects, and kung fu "laser" beams. As short as it is, it still gets a bit bogged down in dialogue and exposition. Still, there's enough craziness along the way to hold you until the mind-blowing ending , which features Danny Lee fighting a kung fu gorilla, and a man on retractable metal chicken legs who fires flames out of his mouth. Worth watching, at least for the ending.

*this is my first review* This movie us a masterpiece. The editing alone makes it one of the best movies ever made. The CGI for that time (1977) was above and beyond what was normal for that time, and rivals even movies coming out today, such as Avengers: Infinity War. The brilliant script was enough to convince George Lucas to make Star Wars. Anyone can see that it is a blatant rip-off of this work of art. One tiny flaw was the acting. It was, sadly subpar for a screenplay this astounding. I am forced to give it a 9.7 out of 10. (This saddens me deeply.) In conclusion, I recommend that you watch this movie at least 71 times (to realize the true meaning). I have seen this ingenious film ~3000 times (coming up on 4 years and 2 months), and I'm still picking up on the subtle references. My daily routine involves me watching this film twice a day - in the morning and at night. I would also recommend you force your friends and family to watch this. It will enrich your life and those around you tremendously. I had depression, my girlfriend broke up with me and I lost my job. I was on the verge of giving up until this movie stumbled into my life. I now have a loving wife, 3 kids, a steady job and an amazing best friend. I beseech all those that read this to watch the movie. Your lives are missing so much. I was lost until I found this. I never realized how much I was be missing until it stared me in the face. (A metaphor for those that don't understand what I mean: you don't realize how cold you are until you lose your sweater. In the same way you don't know what you're missing until you see it right in front of you.)

Definitely along the lines of "Anything Goes" HK cinema, Battle Wizard starts crazy and remains that way to the very end. Convoluted story, strange characters, garish special effects and a snappy pace keep this film entertaining, that is if you go for this sort of thing.

This is the sort of movie that is immune to most commentary just by the obvious disregard the film makers have for normal movie making. Either you watch this sort of film or you don't. The only comment I can make is that whoever edited this film should have been sent back to the butcher shop to resume slicing tripe. It's some of the worst editing I ever have seen in a Shaw production.

Fun for an afternoon with friends.