No pun intended - and one of the movies I might not have seen when I was little. I know for sure I don't remember this one at all. Maybe I was watching more Shaw Brothers stuff and not so much Golden Harvest. Anyway, this has Yuen Biao in it - in the leading role. And he has quite the funny sidekick/friend to him. Morally speaking those two have some issues. But as the story progresses we see more and more that they have more empathy and good morals too - more than others for sure.
Apart from those two, we also have someone who becomes their master (Shi Fu) and also Sammo Hung. And a lot of slapstick comedy - which I am certain had its origin in US movies (Buster Keaton and others) - but of course mixed with martial arts it becomes a completely new thing, that is equally as awesome.
But the movie does not only walk a thin line when it comes to the comedy versus the fighting (or "and" instead of versus - no pun intended), but also the change in tone midway through the movie. Great fights to say the least, while the movie may have some ... pacing issues. Still I prefer the original version instead of the shorter international version. You get a feel (and comedy) from those minutes cut mostly from the beginning. They may have also cut some references to chinese tv shows (even weather station/show apparently) that western audiences may not get ... but again, there is more fun in the longer version ... even if you may not get every joke.
Apart from those two, we also have someone who becomes their master (Shi Fu) and also Sammo Hung. And a lot of slapstick comedy - which I am certain had its origin in US movies (Buster Keaton and others) - but of course mixed with martial arts it becomes a completely new thing, that is equally as awesome.
But the movie does not only walk a thin line when it comes to the comedy versus the fighting (or "and" instead of versus - no pun intended), but also the change in tone midway through the movie. Great fights to say the least, while the movie may have some ... pacing issues. Still I prefer the original version instead of the shorter international version. You get a feel (and comedy) from those minutes cut mostly from the beginning. They may have also cut some references to chinese tv shows (even weather station/show apparently) that western audiences may not get ... but again, there is more fun in the longer version ... even if you may not get every joke.