Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)
Directed by Chi-Hwa Chen / Chen Chi Hwa
Genres - Romance |
Sub-Genres - Martial Arts |
Release Date - Sep 10, 1985 (USA) |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Originally made in Hong Kong in 1979, Half a Loaf of Kung Fu was released in the U.S. in 1985. The inimitable Jackie Chan heads the cast of this martial-arts period piece. A valuable emerald jade is stolen when the gem's supposedly invulnerable Sern Chuan bodyguards are bushwhacked by bandits. Only Chan escapes the carnage relatively unscathed. In his usual moralistic, violence-only-when-necessary fashion, Chan sets about to make mincemeat of the bad guys.
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bodyguard, fidelity, journey, justice, martial-arts, one-against-odds, responsibility, Kung-Fu
