Fist Power (2000)



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	Year:	2000	Zhao Wen-Zhou
	Director:	Aman Cheung Man
	Producer:	Wong Jing
	Cast:	Zhao Wen-Zhou (Chiu Man-Cheuk) , Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Gigi Lai Chi, Sam Lee Chan-Sam, Li Fei, Mak Tak-Law, Mak King-Ting, Cheng Pei-Pei, Lau Ka-Wing, Lung Fong, Lam Suet, Kara Hui Ying-Hung, Stephen Au Kam-Tong, Austin Wai Tin-Chi, Lung Fong, Lebon Cheung Hung-On
	The Skinny:	One long chase sequence with fighting interspersed. This is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, but it manages to be entertaining.
	Review by Kozo:	Cheap-looking flick from Cheung Man and Wong Jing reteams them with the future of martial arts action stars: Zhao Wen-Zhou. Sadly, their last collaboration made the future seem bleak. This new effort doesn’t really bring much promise, but at least it isn’t god-awful like the filth that was Body Weapon. In fact, Fist Power proves to be an entertaining little flick that succeeds due to lack of pretension and a relentless pace that aids matters. Zhao is Brian, a mainland security officer who’s visiting Hong Kong and becomes embroiled in the plight of Chau (Anthony Wong). Chau is an ex-soldier who’s stepson is being repossessed by his ex-wife and her evil husband Chiu (Lung Fong) who couldn’t care about the kid. They need the boy to secure an inheritance, and the cops won’t help Chau. Desperate, he holds a school hostage until the cops retrieve his kid. Brian’s nephew is one of the hostages, so Brian takes it upon himself to find Chau’s boy and bring him back. Thwarting him at every turn are Chiu’s men and the cops, who don’t do much to help. Aiding Brian are a variety of players, including Gigi Lai and comedy relief Sam Lee. Also on board are Brian’s family of kung-fu geniuses, consisting of Cheng Pei-Pei and Kara Hui among others. What this means is lots of fighting, most of it non-sensical as the bad guys manage to show up at every turn without explanation. In fact, most of the film lacks explanation. It's like the filmmakers expect the kung-fu action to make up for this, and you know what? It does! This is basically one long action sequence with minimum amounts of filler. With that in mind, the uninteresting characters and poor production values can be forgotten. (Kozo 2000)
	Availability:	DVD (Hong Kong) Region 0 NTSC Mei Ah Laser Widescreen Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 Removable English and Chinese Subtitles

		image courtesy of Mei Ah Laser Disc Co., Ltd.
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