1979 · kung-fu · shaw-brothers · monkey-style
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Directed by Lau Kar-leung1h 56m1979
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
Our read: Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded kung-fu · shaw-brothers · monkey-style entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured kung-fu / shaw-brothers, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- intense
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