A nice collection of movies. A few of the old-world pony tailed martial arts movies. You can see a yound Jackie Chan maturing throught these movies.<p>About the DVD's I should say that the Pan & Scan is shabbily done with too much zoom, so that it makes us miss the action most of the time. You feel as if the person on screen is fighting with himself. The audio is also a bit weak. However I think it is due to the quality of the originals itself rather than the DVD mastering.<p>As is common knowledge, Fearless Hyena is a classic. Great action, nice storyline and good tempo. The movie video is better too as it is a recent movie than the others, which have some faded screens, especially Spiritual kung fu.<p>I couldnt comment on FH II however as I bought a used colleciton and this movies was not there. Reading from the other reveiws I gather that Iam not missing much.<p>Spiritual kungfu is a funny movie if you can accept ghosts acted out by guys dressed in white with red/blue/purple wigs !!! <p>Half a loaf of Kung fu is a poor effort to be funny but some of the action is good.<p>To kill with intrigue has some great action and amazing talent from most of the actors/actresses in the movie. But Jackie looks like someone else with an ugly ponytail wig and different facial make-up. <p>New fist of fury is to be considered a extra or bonus thrown if you buy the five pack. The movie doesnt merit anything else other than being a Jackie chan movie, and is nice to own one of his early days movies.
Reader Reviews
This two pack may seem like two similar films, but nothing could be farther from the truth. You see, there is a big difference between these two dvds. While "Spiritual Kung Fu" is very very good, "Half a Loaf.." is godawful.
"Spiritual.." is by far the best Kung Fu movie I have ever seen, and I'd like to think I've seen a good amount. Jackie Chan is funny, innocent, serious, clever, and ultimately arse-kickin' all at once. The final fight scene and the scene where Jackie fights 20 temple guards with sticks at the same time are amazing fight scenes. You can have your flashy special effects in the Jet Li and Ang Lee and Brandon Lee flicks, but you still can't match Jackie's real ultimate power in this film.
"Half a Loaf" is cat s**t. There is little fighting, no storyline to speak of, and the dvd itself makes a horrible coaster. Just don't even bother with it and keep it on your shelf just to make your dvd collection look more vast.
"Spiritual" gets 4 stars, but "Half a Loaf" gets somewhere around 1 1/2.
