Challenge of The Masters

Shaw Brothers: Challenger Of the Masters. One of my favorite classic with GORDON LIU CHIA-HUI from 36 chamber and return of the 36 chamber. I would love to have more kung fu movies like Gambler, The Rescues, others I like to have too. When they come in stock. Hoping they ain't too much. I'm going to back off that high price DVD'S for classic movies. Did not work the price when you already seen them. Amazon give me some good prices let your sellers know. Go somewhere else find them cheaper💰👍 If I can.

Definitely deserves five stars. Liu Chia-Liang (Lau Kar-Leung)'s second directorial feature is amazing, it's also one of the few films where all three Liu brothers are in it. I would probably rank this as my third favorite Liu Chia-Liang film; right below my all-time fave "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin" & "Heroes of the East." Great fu (the weapons used in the film were real) especially the fights between the Liu brothers, and a bunch of cameos. Tokyo Shock did a fabulous job restoring this gem; remastered, widescreen, well done subtitles and your choice of audio (Mandarin, Cantonese & English). The interview with Chen Kuan-Tai was awesome & informative. Although the whole movie is great; for me, the meat of the movie is the teacher/student relationship between Chen Kuan-Tai & Gordon Liu. I've seen plenty of martial arts pictures (just check out my reviews), but I've never seen that teacher/student aspect done with more emotion and heartfelt sincerity; "More forgiveness, less aggression." (quote from the subtitled track).

Good picture quality. Sound has two choices that I prefer. One in Mandarin (which I believe may be the original from my amateur lip reading) and the other in Cantonese. English subtitles available. I enjoy pretty much all the Shaw Brothers movies, so others can comment on that.

What is not to love about this movie if you are a Gordon Liu and Chen Kuan Tai fan. More story than fight, but you are introduced to the legendary Huang Fei Hung beginnings and see two of the genres best train.

I love everything. I wish next time please leave my package in the screen door.Thanks

I would make sure to have this in your collection if you are a Gordon Liu fan!!!! Watch it and you would like it!

This is an awesome kung fu movie with a classic premise. Gordon Liu is totally amazing as usual. The quality of the movie is really good - its been digitally remastered - awesome picture compared to some kung fu movies.

Liked this one lots of action,it was in English without switching back and forth,nice purchase,brought back the cat's pajama memories. Cats pajama use to come on late at night and featured martial arts movies years ago...

For all kungfu movie classic enthusiasts and all who are interested in traditional kungfu, this is a must see classic and one to keep for repeated viewing!This is Hung Fist Maestro Liu Chia Liang's (Lau Gar Leung)second or third directorial effort. The first was Spiritual Boxer which was a gas but not my cup of tea as it dealt with well you guessed it- spiritual kungfu.Challenge of the Masters is a pure traditional kungfu classic that focuses on the early life and training of the legendary 19th Century Hung Kuen Master Wong Fei Hung.Top classic kungfu and real life Hung Boxer Gordon Liu plays the young master in the making with real life kungfu champion Chen Kuan Tai playing Southern Shaolin master Luk Ah Choy who takes young Wong Fei Hung under his wing and transforms a mischievious immature son of Wong Kei Ying (one of the 10 Tigers of KwangTung) into a mature adept Southern Shaolin martial artist.With Liu Chia Liang's real half brother Bruce Liu Chia Yung cast in a supporting role and Liu Chia Liang himself playing the big villain who specialises in Northern KungFu, you can expect a real blast of a Shaolin Kungfu actioner showcasing real Hung Boxing and Weapons.No doubt this movie did very well in the Southeast Asian box office when it was first released in 1975 since a sequel was also released later, the now famous classic Martial Club starring Gordon Liu, Wang Lung Wei (usually plays kungfu maestro villain badass in most shaw brother movies of the 1970s and 80s) and Hui Ying Hung (My Young Aunty).Both movies have a tad more substance than other classics in that viewers are not just taken on a Southern Shaolin kungfu film trip but also given snap shots into Kungfu philosophy and martial code of honour / conduct between traditional chinese martial artists.In Martial Club for example you learn how to tell a Master from a student from the way he ties his belt sash while in the prequel you learn that the heart of traditional chinese kungfu law is mercy. This explains why a practitioner learns and has to master so many techniques contrary to Bruce Lee's brand of 'economy of movement'. While the Little Dragon was only interested in kicking ass and causing damage with little effort, it takes alot more training and mastery of complicated techniques to effortlessly neutralise an attacker without causing him unnecessary damage or loss of life!For those who are only interested in mindless kungfu actioners these two films provide excellent kungfoolery showcased and performed by actors who are real kungfu practitioners.For those who enjoyed the 'Once Upon a Time in China' Tsui Hark classic and its sequels with Jet Lee as an older Wong Fei Hung and those who are into movies like the classic 'SkyHawk','Magnificent Butcher' and 'Dreadnought' with the late Kwang Tak Hing as a much older Wong Fei Hung, 'Challenge of the Masters' and its sequel 'Martial Club' provide a nice prologue to the Celliuloid life and times of Wong Fei Hung. Personally I would add Yuen Woo Ping's classic 'Iron Monkey' with Donnie Yen as Wong Kei Ying on a mission with a very young Wong Fei Hong, and Jackie Chan's 'Drunken Master' and 'Drunken Master 2' to such a collection.

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Shaw Bros. historical kung fu spectacle, in which Wong Fei Hung is brought up at his fathers kung fu school but is denied the chance of any actual training because of his temper and general immaturity. Wong Fei Hung's impetuousness ultimately causing the school's downfall at an annual sports day which sees all the different schools competing.With Wong having upset his father, eventually Lu Tsai, an ageing master, agrees to take Wong Fei Hung to the country and begins to give him a crash course in Shaolin style.. While back at home another rival kung fu school begin to bully his fathers students about..But never fear because soon Wong Fei Hung returns, ready for vengeance......errr...... Buddhist style!!Superlative effort from Lau Kar Leung as actor, director and choreographer. Some of the pole techniques and Hung Ga on display here are almost as good as anything the genre has produced, even if the fights are a little too thinly spread out. And even if one doesn't always buy the sentiment that steadily builds to a crescendo of love and unity by the end... Either way you've got to admit it is a valiant attempt at something other than just the typical 'revenge, train, kill, repeat' stories we usually get.Unfortunately the tale is not the greatest and is let down by one or two cornball moments, however on the plus side at least it doesn't descend into slapstick tomfoolery either, like so many of Lau Kar Leung's other efforts.The bottom line being that yes he has made better (Heroes of the East, Invincible Pole Fighters, 36th Chamber of Shaolin) , but this is a fine example nonetheless.Those who like to sit back and see how many extras in the cast they can name will be in their element here too because there are so many faces present it's difficult to remember just how many regulars it has in it.With Chen Kuan Tai possibly nicking it as the tough but benevolent master. The Lau Kar family all doing an excellent job though, so it's a tough call as to just who the movie belongs too. Leung's 'Ho Fu' character giving us a suitable villain who lacks maybe just too much screen time.Note the similarity of the scene with the martial arts schools competing for the firecrackers. Very similar to the pyramid rugby game in Jackie Chan's Dragon Lord - albeit CotM was made 6 yrs earlier and the scene wasn't as good.The US Tokyo Shock dvd has some good extras (A couple of interviews with Chen Kuan Tai etc). The print not the sharpest I've seen but it's a celestial pictures one so it's pretty bloomin good.4.25/5

First off,let me start by saying that Liu Chia Liang is one of the greatest martial arts movie directors of all time only second to Chang Cheh in my opinion,but this is far from his best work.After the success of his directorial debut spiritual boxer he attempted to tackle the legend of Wong Fei Hung (Liu Chia Hui) with mixed results.As two rival kung fu schools prepare for their annual Pao contest (A lion dance with a prestigeous prize at the end) tensions begin to rise as one one side starts mocking the other leading to increasingly violent confrontations.When the contest finally arrives Fei hung's rivals cheat them out of the prize,it is later discovered that the opposing side have been aided by a violent fugitive played by the director.Fei Hung wants revenge,the problem is that he doesn't know kung fu and his father refuses to teach him.A family friend master Lu (Chen Kuan Tai) agrees to take him on as long as he agrees to a 2 year intensive course which he does.The best thing about this film has to be Chen Kuan Tais' inspirational speeches to Fei Hung "you can fight and beat your opponent.But if you can show kindness,then that man may surrender his heart to you".As I've mentioned previously in some of my other reviews the main difference between Liang and Cheh as directors is the fact that Cheh's films often grip you from the start and sustain that excitement until the end.That's the main problem with this film,it just never gets out of the starting gate the opening 50 mins are almost totally devoid of action and that's the main reason people watch these kind of films.Don't get me wrong there are 2 fantastic fights in the film but it's just too little too late and not wishing to give everything away the ending is a massive anti climax.If you want to see Liang and Hui at the height of their powers I suggest that you check out these classics;36th chamber of shaolin,legendary weapons of China and the magnificent 8 diagram pole fighters.Thanks for reading.