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Plot synopsis:
Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu (Tino Wong), being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar (Yuen Siu Tien) by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-Tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-stylng spot, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being abused once more, Chien later finds him, helping him recover. Pai agrees to give him more lessons, on the condition that he does not call him "sifu" ("master"), since they are friends. The real reason, however, is to keep Chien's connection with him secret from his pursuers.
Chien practices the lessons and learns to avoid being hurt by the school's bumbling teachers. When the school is invaded by the Mantis school, to everyone's amazement Chien easily defeats their master using the snake style. Unfortunately, one of the passing wanderers who witnesses the fight is the high master of the Eagle Clan, Sheng Kuan (Jang Lee Hwang), who recognizes the style at once and decides to tail Chien.
Chien meets Shang Kuan, who inquires about the old beggar, claiming that he was a colleague of Pai's. As a show of 'proof', he easily fends off Chien's attacks. Chien realises that his Snake-style fighting is no match for the style practiced by the stranger, and thus creates a new style from watching his pet cat kill a cobra.
Later on the Eagle Claw conspirators track down Pai, who manages to kill Su Chen. He returns to Chien for hiding, but it is then shown that Ah-Wu is also an Eagle Claw conspirator as he puts poison into their tea. Chien rushes to fetch Sheng Kuan, but sensing danger, Pai flees, with his enemy in pursuit. As Chien hurries after them, he finally learns the truth behind the conspiracy, and eventually challenges Sheng Kuan to single combat after Pai is brought down. Apparently at a disadvantage in the initial phase, Chien brings his new 'Cat Claw' technique - against which Sheng Kuan knows no defense - to bear, killing him. When Ah-Wu shows up after the fight and reveals his true allegiance, Chien and Pai trick and slay him, as they have by chance avoided ingesting the poison. Afterwards, the two friends wander off to refine Chien's new technique, giving it its titular name.

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Review:
clan; special styles clash; young man comes of age learning kung fu from older master.2.
Yuen's direction waffles a bit in spots, but this is clearly because he has a sense that there can be more to a martial arts film than we see in many chop-socky films of the era; he's still learning to articulate that.Besides countless imitations, the film spawned two direct sequels; one (SiES II) was produced by the same production company and starred Wong Tao; it is interesting in a quirky, eccentric way thanks to the supporting actors; but Wong Tao is no Jackie Chan.
Still, Billie Chong, star of that film, does a lot better as a Jackie Chan imitator than Wong Tao ever could.Chan himself refused to revisit this story for a sequel, and I think the decision wise - this film is genius in the making, all around; but the genius isn't made yet - that would appear later, and with much greater impact, in Drunken Master.11.
There are also allusions in the dialog to plot threads that never show up.Bottom-line - who should see this movie - Chan fans; Martial Arts fans; chop-socky fans; Yuen clan fans.
I believe this was Jackie Chan's first widely successful movie freed from the constraints of Lo Wei and working with a different director allowed Jackie to move into a different direction and stop trying to be the new Bruce Lee (as if anyone ever could be!).Surprisingly the humour translates pretty well and both Jackies cruel martial arts school employer and the kindly martial artist he meets and befriends are well drawn comedic characters.
The sometimes bizarre fighting styles all named after animals are a joy to behold and Jackie and all the other martial artists involved show just how skillful they are with some truly memorable twists on the old school kung-fu style fighting.
'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' - Jackie Chan's other breakthrough hit, along with 'Drunken Master'.
Both released in 1978, these two movies made the careers of Jackie Chan and director Yuen Woo Ping, and both featured Siu Tien Yuen and Hwang Jang Lee in similar roles.The plot follows Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan abused and mistreated by the kung-fu (evil, of course) school he works at.
The training sequences are entertaining, and the following fight scenes are incredible - Jackie, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo Ping are all at their best here.'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' is an awesome and very funny movie - 10/10, a must see for all Jackie Chan fans..
Fortunately, Snake In The Eagle's Shadow does slightly a bit more with actual story progression as well as character arcs for our main protagonist Jackie Chan as well as the supporting character played by Simon Yuen Siu Tien.Jackie's slapstick comedy and over-the-top expression of agony fits like a glove here, and the comedy is great all throughout the film.
The arc of the central lead Chan Fu, an orphan that is bullied by everyone, possessing a naive but ultimately good heart, the struggle he face, his journey to become better, is told in a relatively fast paced but still in a satisfactorily congruent way.Simon Yuen is also excellent and convincing as Pak Siong Tin as the old kung fu master on the run, playing him in a very Taoist way not dissimilar (in fact you could say identical) to his other legendary role of the Beggar So Hat Yee from Drunken Master.The other standout actor is Hwang Jung-Lee as Sheng Kuen, the main antagonist.
The training montages are well worth watching and the music for this film is also stellar and dramatic, opting for synthesizers instead of classical instruments.The one very obvious, uncontroversial flaw of this movie, and the reason why I'm giving it an 8 instead of 9 or 10, is the very anti-climactic Cat's Claw.
This is one of the best Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo Ping movies ever made and it highly recommended that you watch it..
One of the biggest classics of martial arts cinema, the film that started a new subgenre in kung fu cinema , the comedy kung fu cinema and the breakthrough fim for its star, the legendary Jackie Chan...Directed by the legendary Yuen Woo Ping and co-starred by his father Yuen Siu Tien, playing his eternal role as the old beggar drunken master, this film is an example of how a perfect kung fu movie should be made, from the badass opening sequence with Jackie training with a red background behind him , accompanied by a catchy music until the final epic final fight against the great Hwang Jang Lee , the film is a succession of outstanding and very original martial arts sequences accompanied by great doses of humour ..Although that Lau Kar Leung already had used this formula in his directorial debut "The spiritual Boxer" made three years before, however, it was this film the one that gave a new direction to Hong Kong kung fu movies becoming in an instant classic..MASTERPIECE.
It does take a bit of time to get going, but once it does, it's full of action and many different styles of Kung Fu. Jackie Chan plays Chien Fu, who helps out in a Kung Fu school and constantly gets picked on by the manager who uses him as a human punching bag for his students.
This is when I first saw Sam Seed (Siu Tin Yuen) in a movie and I was amazed how an old man could take on all of the young masters of Kung Fu. This was also the second time that I saw Jackie Chan on top form, after Drunken Master of course, and the different styles of Kung Fu styles became popular in this genre.
The mixture of comedy and action was spot on in this film and the different characters, like the manager of the Kung Fu school with the weird plaster on his head, made the film an all time classic.
Anyway, this is a must have in your Kung Fu collection and it's timeless fun for you action buffs.I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/comedy/martial arts movies starring Jackie Chan and the great Siu Tin Yuen (Sam Seed).
Snake in the eagles shadow 1978 came out before drunken master is a martial art film with the same cast .
The story is formulaic but fun all about traditional animal styles of Chinese arts , the training scenes and music is retro although a corny film its fun in parts the film suffers from a annoying badly quality film showing its age and its repetitive music but its fight scenes including a fight with Wang Jain Lea is disappointing and at the same time good to watch .This is no classic but it has its retro scenes the film misses comedy that would have made it better snake is not like drunken master but its from the same company which is considered Chan's fame of a star .
One of the greatest of all Jackie's early period kung fu comedies, SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW is a textbook example of the genre directed by the renowned Yuen Woo-ping.
While the simple storyline is nothing to write home about, the movie offers up a relentless onslaught of gags and fights, all of which are handled with aplomb by a willing team.Inevitably, the standout thing about the film is Chan himself, and he's in his element here with a role which is both physically strenuous and highly comedic in equal measure.
There's also some solid support from Sam Seed (Yuen Woo-ping's dad, no less) as the funny old man and Hwang Jang Lee as the villain.
One particularly charming and clever scene is when his new friend, the 'old man' tries to cheer Chien Fu (Jackie) up after he's had a pretty nasty beating with his clever agility with a tea bowl.
This, Drunken Master, and Eight Steps of Snake and Crane are exceptionally good movies for the time.Jackie teams up again with Siu Tien Yuen as student and teacher.
Action choreographer and legendary martial arts director Yuen Woo Ping directed this early and important film of Jackie Chan's career in 1978.
This film made Jackie a star in almost one night, and more was to come in form of Drunken Master very soon, and history tells the rest.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow stars the sympathetic old man Siu Tien Yuen as the master of Snake style in kung fu.
Soon he gets enough and meets by accident the old man who eventually teaches Jackie the secrets of his Snake fighting style.
The fights are indeed fantastic and they include also the magnificent kicks of the legendary taekwondo master Jang Lee Hwang, who plays the main villain in this film.
There's plenty of fights in this film and that's about all this film is about and why it's been done in the first place; the dialogue and screenplay are very shallow and often meaningless and there's also some irritating use of music which tries to make the film more entertaining and funny to watch, but of course this was meant to be a comedy kung fu flick like Drunken Master and many others.
But as far as one is interested in excellent martial arts fights and excitement, films like Snake in the Eagle's Shadow are highly recommended, because there are no better substitutes in this field.
If you want to see a comic kung fu film with the young and incredible Jackie Chan, then this film is worth buying or renting, and even I think I'll keep this in my collection because of the fact that in its own genre, this is almost unbeatable and thus a classic; the problem is the genre (comical kung fu) isn't among my favorites.
Have to give this film 10 out of 10 because it one of the great classic Kung Fu films that I can watch over and over again, along with the Bruce Lee films and Secret Rival films.Jackie Chan is at his peak physically and for the first time is allowed to break the mould and introduce his comedy character into a martial arts film.
His comedy does not take away from the phenomenal skills shown by Jackie and the great Hwang Jang Lee ( who went on to become the white haired man and silver fox of the Secret rival films.
The kicking skills alone are worth watching this film for.The skill and physical abilities displayed in this film are easy to overlook as Jackie hams it up but make no mistake these are REAL skills, not the wire effects type kung fu or many other and more recent Martial Arts films.There are a few negatives but none that distract to much.
Also some of the old man's fight scenes are very obviously being done by stunt doubles.But over all if you like good 'real' martial arts action do not miss this film.
Snake in the Eagles shadow is one of the best Kung Fu movies, I really like Jackie's snake style in this movie.
He meets Yuen Siu Tien, which will become his Sifu in snake fist Kung Fu. The final match is between Jackie Chan and Hwang Jang Lee, which as i said before is the ultimate fight.
This film is a great example, why the early Jackie Chan movies are the best!
Snake in the eagles shadow is a true Jackie Chan classic!.
The music is good too when Jackie is training.This movie really impressed my friends and i when we watched.
Snake In The Eagle's Shadow is for those movie buffs who are kung fu wannabees.
It is also for those who are die hard Jackie Chan fans and for those who love action movies.
Jackie Chan is pretty good in this movie, were he is an orphan who is mistreated by a kung fu club owner.
The end scene where the snake fist style master stops a knife in mid air with his index finger and thumb and then breaks it effortlessly in two is worth the time seeing this movie.
If you like old school Kung Fu movies, seek this one out; and if you are a fan of Jackie Chan, seek this one out.
In this movie Jackie learns the snake fist style, and combines it with the cat claw.
It is one of the biggest classics of martial arts cinema, the film that started a new subgenre in kung fu cinema , the comedy kung fu cinema and the breakthrough film for its star, the legendary Jackie Chan.Its directed by Woo-Ping Yuen (real son of Yuen siu-tien aka beggar So).
Old guy then get's healed by Jackie and he teaches him Kung Fu. A bit later Jackie's school gets into a fight another school then Jackie's school master goes to the rival school's ace.
He didn't and I think Jackie and old guy walk off somewhere, I'm not sure since the ending was like all Kung Fu movies.
It's still pretty good early work for Jackie Chan and if your a fan if his movies this is required watching..
for me this is Jackie second best film behind drunken master 2 and in front of drunken master why because the movie fight scenes, training scene and music especially jean Michel jarre's ogygen part 2 and magic fly by space.
Jackie chan character is lovable, a orphan who is bullied and used as a punch bag by his martial art school trainers.
One is an old man who is frequently mistaken for a beggar; we soon learn how skilled he is when he escapes from a group of debt collectors and fights off the students at a kung fu school.
When he meets the old man he gradually learns the Snake Fist technique that will enable him to defeat some of the best kung fu practitioners in the town; but not the master of the Eagle Claw...
to do that he will have to learn from a cat!This early Jackie Chan film is a lot of fun; he does a great job as Chien Fu. The fights are stunningly choreographed even if one can often see that a blow doesn't actually hit when we hear it...
While Chan is the obvious star of the film there is also a fine performance from Yuen Siu Tien, who plays his elderly mentor.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action film classic that launched his meteoric career of Jackie Chan.Showcasing with imaginative kung fu styles together with powerful choreography and innovative training sequences, it is a revelation of the overwhelming physical talents of the world's number one Chinese action star.
The movie is the story of Chien Fu (Jackie Chan),an orphan adopted by a kung-fu school.He,too is overworked as their janitor and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag.
Unknown to him, the old beggar is actually the last surviving master of the Snake-style of kung fu.
The old man is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-style kung fu masters.
Realizing that Chien is being abused, the old man teaches him the footwork of snake style which enables one to avoid an opponent's attacks.The film has great action sequences.These delights the audience especially those who are interested in martial arts.
And somehow the humor in this one works even for a Western sensibility - the director, fight director and the stunt men and the actors manage to include some involving, funny, moments in Chan's training that nevertheless impress.Plus, you've can't have an old school Kung Fu film without montages of the hero training in the secret forms and techniques of his style accompanied by the Chinese equivalent to the theme music from "Rocky", and "Snake" delivers these.
And the scene where Chan discovers/invents the missing application that fixes the weakness in the Snake style is well done (for this kind of movie).So if you like old school Kung Fu movies, seek this one out; and if you are a fan of Jackie Chan, seek this one out.
The old man, who teaches Chan the snake style, is absolutely fantastic.
The fight choreography is incredible, and there is some great slapstick humor as always in Jackie Chan's films!, plus Jang Lee Hwang is really menacing as the main opponent/villain.
There are actually a couple of really cool plot twists, especially one near the end that I didn't see coming at all!, plus all the characters are very likable!, and it was nice to see this was subtitled instead of dubbed!.This is the film that made Jackie Chan a superstar!, it's one of Jackie's absolute best, with breathtaking fight scenes and a really wicked story and I say Go see it right this instant!.
Jackie Chan is amazing as always, and is amazing here, he is extremely likable, funny, had excellent chemistry with Siu Tien Yuen(old man), kicked that ass, had a really cool character, and added his his usual awesome charisma!(Jackie Rules!!!!!).
Siu Tien Yuen is great as the old man/Jackie's master, he was really funny, and brought a lot of class, he also made me grin throughout!.
this is the best Jackie Chan movie, and probably the best kung fu action registered ever in film.
a kung fu movie is simple, and this director knew it, because he never tries to out shine Jackie, fights where you see the character evolve in his skills, a couple of scenes where he plays with some elements such as a saucer or a rag, and fights where the only answer to what you see is that the action happens a bit faster then it was recorded, because there's no human way to do those choreographs without someone getting killed.