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The Man from Hong Kong
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 | Film InfoYear: 1975 Country: HK/Australia Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Ros Spiers, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rebecca Gilling, Frank Thring, Bill Hunter Running time: 103 min Language: English Distributed in Australia by: ScreenSound
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Synopsis:
A martial arts thriller which begins with a spectacular opening sequence of a kung-fu fight on top of Uluru and a car chase scene in the desert nearby. True to its genre, the film is complete with numerous fight scenes and action sequences. Starring Jimmy Wang Yu as Inspector Fang, a detective and kung-fu fighter from Hong Kong to crack a drug syndicate run under the cover of a martial school in Sydney managed by Jack Wilton (played by George Lazenby, the one-time James Bond). |
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Review:
Piss off Picnic at Hanging Rock, stuff Strictly Ballroom, bugger Breaker Morant - this is the Aussie film that you were born to watch!
Two-fisted and way groovy, The Man from Hong Kong is a lost Australian/Hong Kong kung fu classic. ScreenSound have wonderfully restored both the Technicolour (TM) print and the funkadelic audio. It hasn't looked this good since 1975 (come to think of it, neither have I...)
See Sammo Hung and an Ocker cop go at it on top of Ayers Rock!
See Jimmy Wang Yu put the squirrel grip on an Aussie assassin!
Hear the fab sounds of Jigsaw's "Skyhigh"!
Revel in a film shot when hang gliders were cool, man!
See Jimmy Wang Yu jump in a Valiant Charger and chase down his enemies!
See the red blood flow like tomato sauce, which it most probably is!
Watch Jimmy Wang Yu make out with bonza Aussie sheilas!
Dig the fashions!
Experience the hairstyles!
See The Man From Hong Kong, mate!
8 supercharged V8 cylinders out of 10 by Mark Morrison back to the top
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DVD Releases
| Distributed by ScreenSound: |
| Man from Hong Kong, The | available now |
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Relevant links
Stephen Teo's notes at Senses of Cinema back to the top
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review archive
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