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Heroes of the East(Movie), The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter(Movie), Crippled Avengers(Movie), Executioners from Shaolin(Movie), Five Fingers of Death(Movie), Challenge of the Masters(Movie), The Boxer from Shantung(Movie), Shaolin Temple(Movie), Chinatown Kid(Movie), Five Shaolin Masters(Movie), The Five Venoms(Movie), Legendary Weapons of China(Movie)
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a joy to watch. not just on a technical level because lau kar-leung is a master choreographer, but also playful and while i wouldn't necessarily call it "funny", it definitely has a sense of humor you'd be more likely to find in a sammo hung joint. character tropes are throttled into caricature territory, with a brilliant turn from gordon liu taking on the cover of a wine/antiques aficionado who gets invited to a series of secret ass woopings, where both sides for some reason (well, the reason is it's funny) refuse to break character as they're trying to knock each other down while discussing... read
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Not only has Dirty Ho got a decent story, but it has also got some of the very best fight choreography that has ever been done. Most of the fight sequences are of so high standard, you could have put it up as a ballet, and no one would think twice. Lau Kar-Leung has one of the best filmographies of any director out of the Shaw Brothers, and Dirty Ho is damn close to the top. Dirty Ho is some of the best time you'll ever get watching martial arts. Dirty Ho, along with Heroes of the East and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, is probably the pinnacle of martial arts films, and should be read more Was this review helpful to you?
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