My Young Auntie | Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Hui | Great Movie Worth Every Penny...

My Young Auntie | Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Hui | Another Liu brother classic remastered!

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My Young Auntie

	My Young Auntie Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Hui Weinstein Company, 2007 average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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(Action/Comedy) A young woman marries a dying senior member of a martial arts family in order to protect her family?s fortunes, leading to a duel with a greedy relative.

Great Movie Worth Every Penny...

Dragon Dynasty only releases top notch movies in their collection and this is one of them, a classic with great humor and action combined...

Another Liu brother classic remastered!

I noticed an error in the details; the screen format is 2:35:1, not 1:66:1, and there are quite a few extras like an awesome 22 minute interview with the "Young Auntie" herself, Kara Hui Ying-Hung and original widescreen Shaw Brothers trailers. This is NOT a bootleg, this is a re-mastered version of a great Liu Chia-liang (Lau Kar-leung) movie. I'm not going to go into the plot, but I will say that this one is a Liu comedy. If his brand of comedy appeals to you, you will definitely enjoy this. Besides, the fu (choreography by Liu & Hsiao Hou) is absolutely incredible. Many great cameos by Gordon Liu (who sings and plays guitar here), Kwon Young-Moon, Wilson Tong & Yuen Tak (one of Jackie Chan's classmates during their Opera school days). Many great set-pieces including a ballroom dance turning into an all-out brawl, European fencing versus Chinese swordplay & the numerous martial bouts towards the film's end, culminating with a fantastic bout between Johnny Wang & Liu Chia-liang (seen on the bottom of the DVD's cover). In short, a classic Liu Chia-liang comedy, a great looking DVD by Dragon Dynasty; crisp, blemish- free picture, widescreen, clear audio & re-mastered subtitles. However, stay away from the English dub & the audio commentary, quite simply, stinks on ice.

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Solid fights surrounded by alot of sub-par filler.

Considered by many to be a Kung Fu classic, this Lau Kar-Leung flick is another of those films that has much to enjoy, however; the material in between those scenes can be pretty rough! Kara Hui is introduced here as the central character(The Young Auntie if you will). Although nice to look at and a strong female lead, I found her character to be fairly unlikeable and her fighting scenes are probably the worst in the film. Hsiao Hou plays the charismatic nephew who is always trying to show his Kung Fu superiority (great facial expressions) and is impressive even when scripted into campy situations(like sword-fighting with a small army knife while dressed as Peter Pan!?). Lau Kar-Leung steals the show to no real suprise. He is obviously the best fighter of the entire cast(although Gordon Liu shows up in a bit part) and is electric throughout. The movie clocks in at roughly 2 hours and even though there are fight scenes scattered through the first hour and a half it is the final half hour, filled with Kung Fu mayhem and Leung and Hou fighting alongside to rescue thier Aunt that saved this for me. And that great finale is what elevates this to the 3 stars I gave it... everything up until then is worth watching once but rather forgettable. If you do enjoy the genre comedy elements of this era(slapstick, misunderstandings, sexual inuendo, bizzare situations, dance routines, etc.) than this is a must own... these are the elements that brought the film down for me personally. Either way this is worth a viewing and the DVD release by Dragon Dynasty is top notch as always(special features are a rare letdown though).

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Kung Fluff

I was thrilled to see the new release of the Shaw Brothers martial arts films on DVD. I remember sitting in front of the TV every Saturday in the '70's and '80's watching Kung Fu movies. And Shaw Brothers films were always the best.

Having said this, My Young Auntie was a waste of film. There are a few good fights, but the attempts at comedy totally bog the film down. Perhaps to an Asian audience this film is hilarious. Jackie Chan, in an interview about the Rush Hour movies, stated that he really doesn't understand American humor. Perhaps this is my problem with this film -- I may not understand Chinese humor.

In any case, if you are a hardcore fan of the Shaw Brothers films. buy this for your collection. If you are looking for an action-packed classic Kung Fu movie, look elsewhere.

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