THE TREASURE HUNTERS is a knockabout comedy kung fu film made by the Shaw Brothers studio, who bring their typically professional production values to the picture. It's an ensemble piece featuring no less than three lead performances. Gordon Liu is on hand as a typically righteous, kung fu-fighting monk, although he disappears for long stretches of the running time. Alexander Fu Sheng is the main draw here in a likable comedic role, and he's given support by his own younger brother, Chang Chan-Peng, in an attempt to give him a career that never really took off.
The main guys play the usual roguish treasure hunters searching for a valuable treasure; they may be bad guys, but they're good at heart. The real villain of the piece is Wang Lung Wei's remorseless murderer who goes around killing all the other treasure seekers, thus setting him on a collision course with our heroes. I would describe THE TREASURE HUNTERS as a comedy more than anything else, with lots of broad, knockabout set-pieces involving the main guys goofing off and trying to evade the clutches of a cross-eyed police chief. It's not bad and is quite funny in places, as long as you have a high tolerance level for Chinese comedy. Thankfully things pick up for a fresh and inventive climax, which brings together some hilariously unusual elements like a squad of wooden training dummies and even some timber glue for fantastic effect.
The main guys play the usual roguish treasure hunters searching for a valuable treasure; they may be bad guys, but they're good at heart. The real villain of the piece is Wang Lung Wei's remorseless murderer who goes around killing all the other treasure seekers, thus setting him on a collision course with our heroes. I would describe THE TREASURE HUNTERS as a comedy more than anything else, with lots of broad, knockabout set-pieces involving the main guys goofing off and trying to evade the clutches of a cross-eyed police chief. It's not bad and is quite funny in places, as long as you have a high tolerance level for Chinese comedy. Thankfully things pick up for a fresh and inventive climax, which brings together some hilariously unusual elements like a squad of wooden training dummies and even some timber glue for fantastic effect.