Master of Disaster (1982)
Directed by Chia-Liang Liu
Genres - Action, Adventure, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama, Martial Arts |
Run Time - 104 min. |
Countries - Hong Kong |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
Liu Chia-Liang spins this Shaw Brothers period kung-fu flick about a pair of scalawags -- Chi Ta-po (Alexander Fu-Sheng) and Chau Chu-chi (Chan Chang-peng) -- who decide to track down some ill-gotten booty from a long-dead pirate named Chang Po-chu. They first manage to find a letter written by Chang and owned by a sly old antique collector who also happens to be a kung-fu whiz himself. From the letter, they learn of an evil priest named Wu Sheng (Gordon Lau) and a wicked lord named Mo Chung (Johnny Wang) who systematically killed anyone claiming a piece of the treasure. Wild high-flying kung-fu fights ensue.
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adventurer, bad-guy, competition, gold, good-guy, martial-arts, rival, treasure