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Plot Summary:
Peach Boy and his mother live in a village. One day, there is a young man that suddenly comes to the village and asks Peach Boy to be his teacher because. At the same time, the elder of the devil palace wants to set Peach Boy to the deathtrap. They grasp children in order to have better martial arts skills. Peach Boy becomes righteous and indignant, he decides to exorcise the demons, but unexpectedly, his mother is killed by the devil. The battle between Peach Boy and the devil is unavoidable... (taken from the VCD release).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scenic, slapstick comedy, slapstick, cult film
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Prince of the Sun (1992)
Plot Summary:
Cynthia Rothrock helps to protect a Buddhist boy from villains who wish to stop him from becoming the Prince of the Sun.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying the inhabitants of a village.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 105 min
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Emergency Police Lady (1989)
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A group of police women keep the city safe. A normal day day includes everything from battling robbers to going undercover to break up a arms deal that threatens the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Gambling Ghost (1991)
Plot Summary:
Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden wealth. Therefore, he, and his co-worker, enter the gambling world, to the dismay of his father. When Fatty hits rock bottom, the ghost of his grandfather resurrects to help him. However, Fatty learns that his grandfather was murdered, therefore, he will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sitcom, slapstick comedy
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Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Ninja Hunter (1987)
Plot Summary:
The plot centres around Wu Tang villain, Abbot White, who wants to destroy the Shaolin monks and become supreme martial artist. In order to do so, he teams up with a clan of Ninjas, led by three masters – gold lamé ninja, white mustachioed ninja and black ninja – and succeeds in destroying the Shaolin temple and most of its inhabitants. However, there are some survivors. It is their job to pass on the knowledge of the Shaolin finger jab to a new generation, who must defeat the ninjas and Abbott White if peace and order is to be restored.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: learning
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Pedicab Driver (1989)
Plot Summary:
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, eighties
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Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
Plot Summary:
Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Magic Crystal (1986)
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Looking to cash in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's mega-hits E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hong Kong schlockmeister Wong Jing directs this yarn about Andy who, along with buddies Pin-pin and Pancho ventures to Greece to find his long lost friend Shen. They soon discover Shen is being tailed both by the KGB and by Interpol after discovering some rare gems in an archaeological dig. After a unkindly series of events, Andy winds up back in Hong Kong with the stones, which, it turns out, is not gems but rather an alien life form. Meanwhile Karov, an evil magician, is hell bent on getting his hands on the gem/alien no matter what.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Odd Couple (1979)
Plot Summary:
Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, Sammo Hung. This film showcases some of the most spectacular and intricate weapons duels ever committed to film. Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing play dual roles as both masters and students of the sword and spear styles of kung fu. Comic mayhem ensues when the students get kidnapped and the masters must rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, cult film
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Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
Plot Summary:
This internationally popular tale of a brother and sister seeking vengeance for the death of their parents through the mythical yin/yang Holy Flame technique is an eye-filling epic. Kuo Chue (a.k.a. Philip Kwok), famous as the star of Chang Cheh's internationally famous "Venom" film series, both co-stars and choreographs this impressive tale - leading to a vaunted "action director" career with both the 007 thriller Tomorrow Never Dies and the cult classic Brotherhood of the Wolf to his credit.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychedelic, scenic, exciting, rough, humorous, semi serious, fast
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The Master (1980)
Plot Summary:
Gao Jian is a lazy and arrogant student of the martial arts school ran by vain Si Fu Shi Chen-chung. One night after his punishment in his school a wounded man reaches his house. He is Jin Tien-yun, a legendary warrior fleeing from a fight in which he was stabbed in a sneak attack and now has to hide from his pursuers, the Three Devils. Gao helps him and in return, Jin decides to teach him some serious kicks. Gao has to live alone for a year after Shi believes that he is traitor of his school. Then he tries to kill him but Jin interferes in order to save Gao and as his wounds are not fixed yet, he gets into a final battle with the three Devils. So it is Gao's turn to seek for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, grindhouse
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, scenic, crime drama, fast
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 803
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Country: Hong Kong
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The Avenging Eagle (1978)
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Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Monster Hunt (2015)
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Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, scenic, anime, psychotronic
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The Sword of Alexander (2007)
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Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda’s Vajra, Jew’s Cross, and the Sword of Alexander. Anyone able to re-unite these three Orichalcum relics would then obtain the powers of a God. Now two rival aliens are in a heated race to reunite the Orichalcum. They land in Edo era Tokyo where the relics are thought to exist.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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The Legend of Drona (2008)
Plot Summary:
Aditya is an orphaned and lonely young man. He soon learns that he belongs to a family of ancestral warriors who guard a mystic source of cosmic energy, and he must now take up his responsibilities.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: India
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Plot tags: exciting, serious
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Blood of the Samurai (2001)
Plot Summary:
Action Adventure starring Bryan Yamasaki, Shawn Forsythe, Michael Ng.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, humorous, independent film, fast, cult film
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Volcano High (2001)
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
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The Twins Effect II (2004)
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In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire must undertake his journey to claim his throne.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
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The White Dragon (2004)
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In this swordfighting comedy, a young noblewoman falls in love with a prince of the Imperial House. By accident, she acquires the martial arts skills of the White Dragon. New in her power, she learns that there are definite advantages in performing "good deeds" as the Little White Dragon.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Hong Kong
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Denmark
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Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
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In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers are sucked into the mystery of Doc's father disappearing in the wilds of South America. The maniacal Captain Seas tries to thwart them at every turn as they travel to the country of Hidalgo to investigate Doc's father's death and uncover a vast horde of Incan gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
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When trucker, Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer, Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 151000
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A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
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Country: China, USA
Duration: 96 min
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Forbidden Warrior (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Gaia Za is a sacred tome that holds many ancient and powerful spells to be unlocked by a so-called Chosen One expected to be born to one of two leading families: the Khans or the Marajis. Unwilling to leave the clan's fate to the gods, Che Khan decides to take matters into his own hands by plotting the murder of a new Maraji baby, who may be the child in question. In doing so, he sets off a furious clash.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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