Product: Lord of the Wu Tang [VHS]
Rating: 4.0
Supernatural Escapism and Heroic Adventure at its Kung Fu Best
I got this at blockbuster on extended play VHS for under ten bucks, and it is one of my favorite buys.I don't know if a DVD version would improve it, but I love the wire stunts, the mystical imagery, fauvist cinematography and grand sense of adventure and humor.The end is an hypnotic Wong Jing/ Jing Wang directed spectacle, which thrills but then disappoints as the film doesn't deliver a sequel, similar to the original animated Lord of the Rings movie. Take it like an old saturday afternoon serial film or a comic book that never ends, and it's not a bother.I guess I forgot the limited crude humor, which is slightly worse than a whoopee cushion, but still is not quite R rated.. Check out the alternate title 'Lord of Wutang' here on Amazon for more reviews on this film.