Kung Fu Killer

Name: Kung Fu Killer
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: April 24, 2015
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 66

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Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: April 24, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: A vicious serial killer is targeting top martial arts masters, and convicted criminal and kung-fu master Hahou (Donnie Yen) is the only one with the skills to stop him. Released from jail and into police custody, they soon have their doubts about Hahou’s true allegiance after a series of mysterious events. Hunted by an unstoppable killerA vicious serial killer is targeting top martial arts masters, and convicted criminal and kung-fu master Hahou (Donnie Yen) is the only one with the skills to stop him. Released from jail and into police custody, they soon have their doubts about Hahou’s true allegiance after a series of mysterious events. Hunted by an unstoppable killer (Wang Baoqiang) and the entire police force, Hahou finds himself on his own. [Well Go USA]… Expand

Director: Teddy Chan

Genre(s): Action, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Apr 22, 2015

Here, in this entertaining, preposterous goof of a kung fu movie, are all those values missing from the mainstream of American action filmmaking, not the least of which is a sense of the camera as a participant. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 23, 2015

The sort of film that would be best appreciated in the '70s-era grindhouses that sadly no longer exist, Kung Fu Killer is delicious popcorn fare. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Apr 23, 2015

Kung Fu Killer is like a roundhouse kick from the past, a satisfying, old-school martial arts film that has a ’90s feel to it. Read full review

Robert Abele

Apr 23, 2015

The plot is predictable, but the inevitable showdown is, appropriately, the movie's highlight, a ferocious hands-on battle — save for the balletic bamboo pole interlude — on a busy, night-lit expressway, with semis and cars roaring past. It's a climax worthy of the tribute thread running through Kung Fu Killer. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 25, 2015

The fight scenes are terrific, but the haphazard plotting, off-the-peg characterisations and drippy music elsewhere lack flavour. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Apr 23, 2015

Mr. Chen, who teamed with Mr. Yen for the superior “Bodyguards and Assassins,” scatters references to Hong Kong martial arts classics. But while he has impressive fists of fury in both Mr. Yen and Mr. Wang, Kung Fu Killer lacks the brio and spice of its ancestors. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Apr 23, 2015

Director Teddy Chan's glossy thriller pays tribute to martial-arts cinema by casting enough Hong Kong industry legends to rival the cameo count of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. It's a pity, then, that it's an undeniably bland film in style and story, despite a few elaborately staged fight sequences. Read full review

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MattHarter

Sep 29, 2015

Lots of Kung Fu, which for my stupid ass mind is all that is needed, since I cannot follow in depth emotion or plot lines. I would give it 10 but here are two reason it lost points.
-.5 points no ****
-.5 points Titled "Kung Fu Killer" but Kung Fu is an idea that cannot be killed? -1Lots of Kung Fu, which for my stupid ass mind is all that is needed, since I cannot follow in depth emotion or plot lines. I would give it 10 but here are two reason it lost points.
-.5 points no ****
-.5 points Titled "Kung Fu Killer" but Kung Fu is an idea that cannot be killed?
-1 point For forcing a handicapped man to do Kung Fu, thats messed up!… Expand

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robin006

Mar 28, 2021

The combat version of the seven films is very emotionless. The violence is false and stupid, and the first half of the film is very boring. However, it is tolerable due to a few action scenes.

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Broyax

Jan 10, 2017

Appelé Kung Fu Killer à l'export, ce film dont le scénario a été écrit sur une feuille de papier Lotus vaut surtout pour ses quelques combats assez bien filmés et plutôt spectaculaires avec bien évidemment le sympathique Donnie Yen dans le rôle-titre. On a aussi (tout de même) deux actricesAppelé Kung Fu Killer à l'export, ce film dont le scénario a été écrit sur une feuille de papier Lotus vaut surtout pour ses quelques combats assez bien filmés et plutôt spectaculaires avec bien évidemment le sympathique Donnie Yen dans le rôle-titre. On a aussi (tout de même) deux actrices ravissantes dont l'une nous gratifie d'une petite baston contre le méchant timbré de service.

Sorti de là, tout est si prévisible et déjà vu, voire carrément ennuyeux la plupart du temps. Si c'est pour la baston, on a sensiblement vu mieux ailleurs dans le microcosme du cinéma chinois ; quant à l'histoire (quelle histoire au fait ?) je le répète au cas où : elle est tellement nulle à chier qu'on arrive pas à y croire (qu'elle soit aussi nulle à chier). Surtout qu'elle n'a même pas l'excuse de la comédie, car ça se prend très au sérieux tout ça.

Comme le disait mon 'pitaine, les films de Hong-kong, c'est pas ça qu'est ça. M'enfin, ça l'eut été, des fois. Mais pas là.… Expand

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