Born Invincible (1978)
A very arrogant white haired Tai Chi martial artist and two of his cronies wreaks havoc in a small village, terrorizing people and their families. Three local heroes team up to defeat the villainous three, but they have to find a secret weak point, which the Tai Chi master can choose and change at will.
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Sadly Over-hyped
A Major Disappointment
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Joseph Kuo has made a brilliant movie because the antagonist, the Chi Kung super villain, is such a good caracter. Carter Wong looks a bit like the icelandic world strongest man champion, Magnus ver Magnusson, but thats the only similarity. He is a killing machine, and there is nothing to be done to stop him. And that will be his demise. He is too evil for this world, and being a Chi Kung master, he should have evolved beyond blood lust. When Wong is asked by his female master to spare Lo Leihs life, Joseph Kuo shows signs of genius. The arch villain has a human side, but is is as repressed as that of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. But more than just a super villain, Born Invinsible has a great cast of protagonists. The confidence and skill of Jack Long makes the deadly fights even more dramatic. And can there be a sexier woman than Lo Leih telling Carter Wong to go to hell?
In the late 70s and early 80s as a kung fu fan you were sure of onething, lots of kung fu movies - most of them were bad, but some held thesame mythology that if you trained hard enough and knew every secretthere was you'd become invincible. This idea sporned the White Hairedsupervillians that would become to showcase kung fu movies. Impossibleto beat, super-tough villians that would sometimes steal the show. Themore white hair, the more powerful they were.In this movie the real star is the bad guy as we see him kill all thosewho stand in his way. Excellent kung fu duels are plenty in this film,though the ending is a bit silly.I'd love a redux of this movie for the 21st century - but it'll neverhappen - instead enjoy kung fu mastery of the white haired kind in thismovie.Ove
This is the movie full of fighting but it uses a good story line to keep you wondering just how they will defeat them. Lo-lieh, Lung-fei, Carter wong , these are the star who caught my attention and kept me into the story even though fei died early on the movie his student keep his dream alive
This is one of the rare kungfu movies ever made in Hong Kong. Nothing is boring here : interesting script, direct and efficient scenery, good acting. But what makes this movie so good is the fightscenes that are inventively and beautifully choreographed. Not only it's very good but it's also very hard-to-find. Dammage.