From the beginning to the end of the martial arts, literary drama is very rare. As a Kung Fu film, this arrangement is actually just right. One or two basic emotions in the eyes are enough to express the literary drama and give the audience room for reverie. If Luo Li is verbose and reasonable, then it is naturally not as good as a literary film, so why bother.
As a Shaw Brothers Kung Fu movie in the 1970s, it is very different from the current fighting movie trend. Movies nowadays pay more and more attention to the sense of actual combat, with fewer traces of tricks. In this movie, you can tell at a glance that all the tricks are well set.
If there is a prejudice against the tactics, then this movie must not be able to stand. But if you can appreciate the tricks like watching Peking opera walking on stage, then this movie is definitely the leader of kung fu movies!
The film can be divided into two parts, the first half is practicing exercises, and the second half is performing arts.
In the first half, Liu Jialiang meticulously designed a variety of interesting exercise methods, and he also told everyone that martial arts can't be achieved by knocking down a medicine and picking up the martial arts secrets. The basic skills have to be learned step by step.
There are even more highlights in the second half, with fists and knives, short and long attacks, soft and hard weapons and hidden weapons, everything comes, the tricks are not repeated from beginning to end, exquisite and gorgeous, and the rhythm is good. The final battle is only used. More than 3 minutes, comparable to today's 15 minutes of fighting at every turn.
Of course, the most exciting part should be the section of the Three Virtues Breaking Knife, one move is just right, so that the magistrate does not dare to breathe. Sometimes it opens and closes, and sometimes it is exquisite, showing the pros and cons of various weapons.
This passage most shows the skill of Mr. Liu Jialiang. If it weren't for the Liu brothers who were proficient in 18 martial arts, who could complete such martial arts.
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