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Dirty
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Literal
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Rotten
Head Ho |
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Year: |
1979 |
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Director: |
Lau
Kar-Leung |
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Action: |
Lau
Kar-Leung |
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Producer |
Run
Run Shaw, Mona Fong Yat-Wa |
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Cast: |
Wong
Yue, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui,
Lo Lieh,
Hisao Ho, Kara Hui Ying-Hung,
Chan Si-Gaai, Yau Chui-Ling, Cheng Miu, Yeung Chi-Hing, Jamie
Luk Kin-Ming,
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei, Wilson Tong Wai-Shing |
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Review by
Calvin
McMillin: |
While
it does claim the single greatest title in cinema history, Dirty
Ho has a lot more going for it than mere novelty status. Directed
by Liu Chia-Liang (AKA: Lau Kar-Leung), the film features Wong
Yue as the title character, an impetuous young punk who meets
up with a slumming, prince-in-disguise played by the Shaolin
Master Killer himself, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui. After a series
of humorous, well-choreographed fight sequences, the two (in true
buddy movie fashion) form an unlikely friendship as they try to
overcome a royal assassination plot. Though the fighting is perhaps
not as speedy as most would expect from a Hong Kong flick, the
action set pieces in Dirty Ho are so intricately choreographedand
oftentimes shot in a single takethat you can't help but
be impressed. And if the title alone isn't enough to convince
you of its classic status, Dirty Ho even boasts one of
the funniest taglines in recent memory: "You haven't lived
until you've fought Dirty Ho…and then you're dead!" (Calvin McMillin
2003)
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Notes: |
This
capsule review is based on Ground Zero's English dubbed version.
An expanded review will be posted once Intercontinental Video Limited
releases the original language version. |
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Availability: |
DVD
(USA)
Region 0 NTSC
Ground Zero
Widescreen
English Dubbed |
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image courtesy
of Ground Zero Home Video
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