1976 · kung-fu · shaw-brothers · historical
Boxer Rebellion
Directed by Chang Cheh2h 23m1976
Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.
Our read: Boxer Rebellion (1976) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded kung-fu · shaw-brothers · historical entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme kung-fu / shaw-brothers, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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