ActionAnnée1979Durée1h 32mIMDb5.4

Les 36 Signes de la mort

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Hwang Jang-lee plays the main baddie, and along with his nasty henchmen, they cause all sorts of problems for the good guys, hero Wah-jee, pretty soy-milk seller Tsui-jee and Tsui-jee's father.

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Casting

JK

Joseph Kuo

Director

Jeong-lee Hwang

Cheung Sze

Jeanie Chang

Tsui-Jee

Lik Cheung

Wah Jee

Jack Long

Kuang Wu Chun

Kuan-Wu Lung

Ghost Face Killer

Tse Lin Yang

Superintendent Huang

Tse Lin Yang

Senior Huang

Mei Sheng Fan

Tsui-Jee's Father

Lau Chan

4th Brother (red nose)

KL

Kuo-Cheng Liu

3rd Brother (blond)

Bolo Yeung

Cheungs Brother

CM

Chung-Te Ma

Monk Ching Wai (mole)

YO

Yao-Yin Ouyang

Monk

SP

Sha-Li Pai

Abbot

Shao-Hung Chan

Tsui-Jee's Uncle

CM

Ching-Shun Mao

Master Yun's stately red-clothed opponent

JK

Joseph Kuo

Writer

Commentaires

9 commentaires

SyamelSep 23, 2023

source: The 36 Deadly Styles

Hanna 21Aug 31, 2023

Wah-jee and his uncle are being hounded by fighters led by Cheung Sze and their battles take them to a Buddhist temple. The uncle dies before a monk named Huang saves them, killing most of their enemies, and putting Wah-jee to work in the temple. But it's strenuous and brutal work doing the chores and he seeks to leave just as Tsu-mun returns with Bolo Leung in a crazy wig and starts destroying his new home. Pulled away at the last second, our hero must learn the 36 Deadly Styles if he wants revenge for his uncle, his father and his new life. Cheung Sze is so brutal that a strike from him can poison you for weeks, an affliction that can only be cured with herbal wine. Man, imagine that? Nerve strikes so painful you have to drink to get better! Obviously, the Wu-Tang Clan loved this movie, what with Kuan-Wu Lung playing a character named the Ghost Face Killer. As for me, I appreciate any martial arts movie that suddenly has Henry Mancini's "The Pink Panther Theme" come on in the middle of what should be a historical Asian setting.

Rethabile Reey MohonAug 31, 2023

It starts with "who are these people and why are they fighting?" That is just the beginning of the confusion. Before the fight is resolved cut to a leader addressing his men that he is upset his enemy is on the loose and his men are not his match anyway. Cut again to a white eyebrows guy challenges a man for revenge and defeats him. Cut again to a guy with a moustache preparing a snake potion that he needs to drink right now. There are some flashbacks to that first fight, then moustache guy goes outside and confronts a monk who has been watching him. Now the tone of the movie switches to comedy. When I write these reviews I start with a description of the opening scenes. This is to make sure we know what movie I am reviewing. Many of these movies have multiple and similar titles. I have read a few reviews here that do not describe the movie I watched of the same title. Ideally I stop my description when the story concept becomes apparent but that is not happening here. As other reviewers have already noted the story is muddled to the point it seems there are two movies going on. The action is good start to finish. The overwhelming flaw of this movie was its failure to hold my attention. It's not like I was bored and wanted to fast forward but I was easily distracted by any little thing even during the final fight. Despite the good fights there was just nothing here to draw and maintain audience interest My copy is a digital file with better then VHS resolution and seems wider also. It is English dubbed and the voices are competent and do not distract. I rate this movie as average for the year and genre based on the fights pulling it up a notch against everything else pulling it down a notch. This is only for hard core fans and you will probably want to watch a martial arts movie as soon as this one is over – it is just not filling. As the old commercial for beer would go "Tastes average, less filling".

Thany Of NigeriaAug 31, 2023

There is some fun to be had from this conventional martial arts film, but with the talent involved it should've be so much better. The incoherent plot involves subplots and flashbacks, which are intertwined with the main story, but only serve to confuse the viewer. It is advised you sit back and enjoy the action and not worry too much about following the story. Thankfully, there is quite a bit of action to enjoy. Hwang Jang-lee plays the main baddie, and along with his nasty henchmen (played by a red-nosed Chan Lau, and Bolo Yeung in the daftest wig imaginable!), they cause all sorts of problems for the good guys, hero Wah-jee (Cheung Lik), pretty soy-milk seller Tsui-jee (Jeannie Chang) and Tsui-jee's father (Fan Mei-sheng). In the tradition of many a kung-fu film, these three must team together and battle the bad guys at the end of the film (but not after the token 'training' scene). The fighting is pretty good at times and incorporates some interesting moves and styles, although the final showdown is a little disappointing considering the build-up (in particular, the unsporting way Wah-jee resorts to blinding his opponent with smoke in the final battle seems out of place in this type of movie - that's the kind of thing the bad-guy would do!) All in all, a passable affair - if not a particularly memorable one.

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗯 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹🤎Aug 31, 2023

No pun intended and I have to admit, I did not recognize Bolo Yeung at first! He is wearing quite the ridiculous wig - and he is not the only one wearing one! His partner in crime does too - and they are so painfully obvious. One can also only imagine how uncomfortable they had to be in ... I guess you could say it adds to the humor the movie carries (no pun intended). There is some Jackie Chan style (or at least inspired) comedy and action involved here - at least it feels that way. And why not copy something that has been succesful before? Exactly - now if you have a thing for kung fu/martial arts movies of the 70s and 80s you could do a lot worse. Some fine fighting, some fine stunts ... even if it seems that in some scenes the major bad guy is replaced by a double. We also have the end fight that could have been staged better (smoke and all that) and a scene involving a snake that is quite hard to swallow (no pun intended) ... just some pointers for you to get around to.

Iamyoudxddy🤭👿❤️Aug 31, 2023

THE 36 DEADLY STYLES is a cheap kung fu film made by Hong Kong producers and shot in Taiwan. It features one of those forgettable story lines about an upstanding young fighter (the bland Nick Cheung) who must train in the martial arts in order to avenge the death of his father at the hands of some nefarious bad guys. The staging is very ordinary and occasionally quite inept, and the title refers to a hidden book of martial arts techniques and a fight between two old masters which has little connection to the rest of the story. In fact none of this makes particular sense, and for the first hour it's quite the bore. The viewer is treated to the usual round of bland and cheesy comedy and bad dubbing, with some typical fighting thrown into the mix. Things only start kicking off towards the end, when the tag team of Bolo Yeung and Hwang Jang Lee as the master villains show up to kick some backside. Both are bewigged, quite badly; Bolo in particular looks like he's wearing a mop on his head. Still, they enliven the action-packed ending, which is a bit short but still the best part of an overall lacklustre production.

وائل شحمهAug 31, 2023

Only bad with this one is 70's movie quality, and some scene breaks likely done to cut out burnt celluloid film.

Dounia MansarAug 31, 2023

Opening with an attack on kung-fu star Cheung Lik (A Tooth For A Tooth), we quickly jump into the regular story-line of that era, with student learning a new style to defeat evil kung-fu masters. The first 20 minutes does contain a good amount of action, along with a scene involving the skinning of a snake which is particularly gross, as monk Yeung Chak Lam tries to make himself some medicine to aid his injuries from a past fight against super-kicker, Hwang Jang Lee. Hwang, of course, was in hot demand after his success with Ng See Yuen in Secret Rivals, Snake In The Eagles Shadow and Drunken Maste (to name but a few), and has his identity hidden for the most of the film allowing for a big reveal towards the end! While it may open with a dark and serious tone, there is a lot more comedy than usual for a Joseph Kuo movie (along with music from the famed Pink Panther show), coming across like an early traditional Jackie Chan film at times. Saying that, 36 Deadly Styles does mature eventually and finds more of a serious tone for the last 30 minutes. It's certainly not as a tidy a production as the great 18 Bronzemen or 7 Grandmasters, but it is a case of having seen it all before and done better (even with Jackie himself repeating a similar role for years, I'd quicker go to one of his)... Fight director Max Lee Chiu Jun, who starred in classics such as Snake In the Eagles Shadow, The Magnificent Butcher, and Drunken Master, brings a hefty amount of tight, fast, and hard-hitting kung-fu to the screen making the most of out his fantastic cast members, all of which deliver some incredible moves. Although there may be better fights out there, the action doesn't fail to entertain (especially with Bolo Yeung in action wearing that wig), and shows off some well choreographed, fist-to-foot action. Magnificent Butcher star and father to the wonderful Fan Siu Wong (Ip Man), Fan Mei Sheng, co-stars as a tea-house owner who also suffered at the feet of Lee. His daughter, played by Jeannie Chang, joins forces with Lik to take revenge and throws some pretty sweet moves herself. Mark and Jack Long get to go toe-to-toe near the end, with Mark getting greyed up this time, and Jack once again talking about retiring as a kung-fu master. Their big fight looks almost like it was cut in from another film altogether, but apparently Mark Long's character is brother to Hwang Jang Lee's! The lengthy finale is pretty sweet and well worth a watch... Overall: Not a polished as other Kuo films, 36 Deadly Styles still hits the mark and delivers some great kung-fu action!

@Zélia_comeAug 31, 2023

I had heard good things about The 36 Deadly Styles, but what I got was a big disappointment. The story is hardly coherent, and it actually seems like at least two different movies were conflated into one. The fight of the two masters who had waited ten years to settle their score (over a lost book of the 36 deadly styles, which is the sole reference in the entire movie to its actual title) had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the story. The first hour and seven or eight minutes were very, very dull, and made all the worse by a really terrible bad guy. There were a couple of decent fights (mostly involving the girl), but nothing to get worked up about. Then, suddenly, in the last 20 minutes, we get a lot of great training and fight sequences. The final battle is passable, but not great. The end is too abrupt. I rate most of the movie a "3" out of 10, but because of the last 20 minutes, I'll generously award it an overall rating of 5. After watching one of the greatest martial arts movies ever, 7 Grandmasters, it was very anti-climactic to see the same director, Joseph Kuo, make such a royal mess out of The 36 Deadly Styles. I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that most of the movie was done by some hack, and only a few scenes were actually Joseph Kuo's work.

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