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General Stone (1977)

Directed by Hung Tao

Action | Eastern

Overview

Kung fu fans know well the legends of the 18 Bronze Men and the 108 Wooden Men of Shaolin, and in this fast-paced martial arts adventure, a whole new myth comes to the screen with the completely original tale of the 18 Stone Warriors. After the famous General Stone is stricken down in battle under mysterious circumstances, his talented son Flash Legs (Tan Tao Liang) vows to investigate the strange death and get to the truth of the matter.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Blacky Ko Sau-Leung | Dorian Tan Tao-Liang | Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng | Lung Fei | Shen-lin Chen

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/21/2013TVDVDRented6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

This is the fourth and final film on the Kung-Fu flipper DVD I got from Netflix. Finished it off this morning and it may be my favorite of the four. This is probably due to the fantasy elements playing a big part in addition to the kung-fu fighting, which is pretty good plus Polly Shang!

Dorian Tan is our main dude who searches for the 18 Stone Warriors to gain new skills and improve his kung-fu. That segment of the film is the best as he encounters flame breathing skulls and the stone warriors until finally facing off with his father.

There’s also a pretty good battle at the end of the film. The version on this flipper disc was severely cropped to full-screen from a wide screen print. I’d love to see the widescreen version of this.

Don’t get the hate / bad reviews I’ve seen for this film People really must hate fantasy and fun.

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