Fong Sai Yuk (1993)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Corey Yuen

Writers:

Kung-Yung Chai (writer)
Kin Chung Chan (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | History

Plot:

This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus...

Plot Keywords:

Emperor | Kung Fu | Martial Arts | Secret Society | Relay Race

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jet Li	...	Fong Sai-Yuk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lung Chan	...	Macu
Adam Cheng	...	Chan Ka-lok
Sung Young Chen	...	Tiger Lui
Man Cheuk Chiu	...	Governor of Kau Man
Kong Chu	...	Fong Tuk
Xian Gao	...	Support
Sibelle Hu	...	Siu-wan
Michelle Reis	...	Ting Ting
Josephine Siao	...	Miu Chui-Fa

Also Known As:

Fang Shi Yu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Fong Sai Yuk (Hong Kong: English title)
The Legend (USA)
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
The Prodigal Fighter (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-12 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Eastern Productions

Trivia:

When Sai Yuk is curling his mother"s hair and says that he can speak English ("wonderful"), Mother Fong asked where he learned it. He tells her that he learned from Josephine Siao, who actually plays Mother Fong in the film.

Quotes:

Fong Sai-Yuk: [assaults "intruder"] Who are you?
Mother Fong: [removes disguise] I'm your mother.
Fong Sai-Yuk: Wow. Mom! You look just like a man!
Mother Fong: Yeah, and I just won Tiger Lu's daughter's hand in marriage.
Fong Sai-Yuk: Does Dad know?
Mother Fong: Nooo!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Fong Sai Yuk juk jaap (1993)

Sheer Madness

I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of this movie, and all I can say is WOW! Wow, because I didn't understand what the hell was going on for the whole movie, the subtitles were so badly misaligned. But mainly WOW! because it didn't matter a jot that I couldn't tell what the plot was as the film is just one amazing "fight" scene after another. This film defies belief, and description. If you like martial arts movies, check this out. If you enjoyed Crouching Tiger, check this out. If you love MAD films check this out.

There is a scene in which Jet Li fights the mother of the woman he has a crush on entirely on the HEADS of a crowd! Then HIS mother has a fight with the first woman.

From the opening scene you will see that this is a piece of genius. The plot doesn't matter. This is pure spectacle.

When you see these people move you will realise that the USA can never invade China. They just have all the tricks in the book. They wrote the tricks. I wish I had seen this when I was 9. It would have changed my life totally.