Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Besides his pioneering films based on authentic martial artistry and kung-fu comedies during the 1970's, acclaimed director Liu Chia-liang also embraced the master/pupil relationship to form the cornerstone of many of his other works where his characters exhibited physical and moral failure as a means to either "make them or break them". Besides directing "Mad Monkey Kung Fu", it's also Liu's debut as a lead actor playing down and out, monkey kung-fu master Chen, crippled by the ruthless villain Tuen (Shaw's penultimate bad guy Lo Lieh). Street boy Hsiao Hou (which means "little monkey" and played by popular martial arts aerialist Hsiao Hao) convinces Chen to teach him monkey kung-fu to avenge Chen's shame. The wacky training sequences and outlandish finale fight leave you stupefied.
Starring Liu Chia-Liang, Lau Kar-leung, Hsiao Ho, Kara Hui, Lo Lieh, Wong Ching-Ho, Lam Fai-Wong, San Sin, Wong Man, Lam Hak-Ming
Watch "Mad Monkey Kung Fu" from streaming services Google Play, Microsoft, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1979. It's a action & adventure and comedy movie, and has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.
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