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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) – T. Hark
For NYE, I pulled out this kung fu fantasy classic, directed by Tsui Hark, to amaze the boys with its craziness. (We watched the dubbed version for extra humour). Biao Yuen stars as the foot soldier caught up in Chinese civil wars in the 5th century who stumbles into a secret cave and is immediately attacked by flying dark shapes with glowing blue eyes. He’s rescued by a hero with amazing martial arts skills (Adam Cheng) who enlists him to help fight against the evil forces led by the Blood Demon. A monk and his protégé join them. They are really no match for the demon but a strange sorcerer with very long eyebrows (Sammo Hung) manages to secure the enemy (with said brows) for 49 days – the heroes must find magic twin swords in that time in order to defeat the demon before it escapes Longbrows’ hold. Unfortunately, the monk and then Adam Cheng’s character are both turned to evil and only a mysterious countess (Brigitte Lin) can remove the spell – but she may not have enough strength to heal them both. Biao Yuen and the young monk join up with one of the countess’s guards (Moon Lee) and head off to find the twin swords. But will they make it back to kill the demon in time? Watch and find out. This is one out-of-control movie, made before the era of digital effects but with so many truly special effects nevertheless.
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