Word: kung
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...Jackie Chan--Michelle Yeoh Supercop, as well as a rehabilitation of Pei Mei, a.k.a. White Eyebrow, a villainous character from '70s Hong Kong action films. Here he's a stern but endearing teacher (played with majestic comic brio by the legendary Gordon Liu). You'll also make the Kung Fu connection. That was the '70s TV series that made Carradine a star; he won the role over a transplanted Hong Konger named Bruce Lee, who went home to launch the worldwide martial-arts craze...
Surely most moviegoers will reject this lip thesis in favor of the fairly blatant kung fu theme which runs through—and, admittedly, uplifts—both volumes of Kill Bill. And certainly Tarantino has created a mildly epic tribute to his favored genre, pulling whole swaths of material from a host of films, most notably Five Fingers of Death. (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is also clearly an inspiration for a few specific shots.) But seen as the kung fu cowboy, Tarantino’s films always seem to fall flat with the suspicion that...
...TIME: Daggers is your second martial-arts film, right? ZHANG: Yes. This time around I'm more accustomed to the genre and braver. I pay much respect to the tradition, so you can say this film is a tribute to kung fu movies. I want this film to look very traditional, but with a very modern story...
Fought either in an arena or a steel cage, these battles inevitably draw comparisons to World Wrestling Entertainment, as both are staged fights between grown men. But it is the undercurrent of self-parody that gives these fights their hipster gravitas against the Rock et al. When Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle, a giant chicken noodle can with arms, legs and a steak knife, goes up against Los Plantanos, the heroic Spanish banana twins, the pretense of seriousness is thin...
January 25 marked the official installment of M.O.S as a fixture in the Enormous Room’s venue, heralding the tradition with “Classic Kung Fu” theme night. 1960’s movies such the Shaw brothers’ Superninja played with the sound muted, while resident music director Nick Follett and DJ PJ Gray spun various upbeat tunes ranging from Bob Marley to the Kill Bill soundtrack...