Kung Fu Cult Master

1993 [CANTONESE]

Action / Fantasy / History

23
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 4417 4.4K

martial arts hostility power takeover battle for power revenge family feud

Plot summary

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying.

Director

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung Photo
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Top cast

Jet Li Photo
Jet Li as Chang Mo Kei
Richard Ng Photo
Richard Ng as King of Green Bat: Wai Yat Siu
Collin Chou Photo
Collin Chou as Sung Ching Su
Chingmy Yau Photo
Chingmy Yau as Siu Chiu
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926.27 MB
1280*714
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 4
1.86 GB
1920*1072
Cantonese 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by silicontourist 7 / 10

You Will Either Like It Or Dislike It...there Is No Okay About This Whackyness!

Jet Li is great to watch in wuxia/Kung-Fu films but this is directed in the style of Hong Kong films made 20 years earlier. That's why it seems a bit odd at first; until you see what is going on. Back in the 1970's much of the Kung-Fu films made had no real story line to them and many were just absolutely crazy to ridiculous in their ideas presentation. The thing was, it did not matter much back then because it was the Martial Arts fighting/styles the audiences wanted to see. Its what I loved, as both a practicing Martial Artist (Karate was my first study) and a Hong Kong Kung-Fu film fan; I loved going to the weekend all-nighters at my local cinema and watching 5 films in a row.Its the usual wrongly done to character, Jet Li in this case, having to find the means and the skills to overcome the bad guys; which of course is what happens. Its not a very strong script or story-line but it makes up for it in outrageous fantasy and Kung-Fu moves. It took until 2022 for the sequel to be made/released but unfortunately we don't get any of the original cast, including Jet Li who is suffering a sickness that has taken a big toll on his health status.
Reviewed by ckormos1 6 / 10

A long story with many versions

The ending of "Kung Fu Cult Master" sets up a sequel. Jet Li has made promises and still must chase Sharla Cheung Man. I have read that the movie flopped at the Hong Kong box office and no sequel was ever made. I have also read that the sequel was filmed at the same time, in other words one long movie was filmed and it was supposed to be cut into part one and part two. The sequel was then never edited or put together because the first part flopped. That would be interesting if the film actually existed and if it still exists, though making and releasing another movie some 25 years later falls into the realm of unicorns. I have even read another version. "Legend of the Liquid Sword" (without Jet Li) is supposedly first of a four film sequence followed by Holy Weapon (Michelle Yeoh) then Kung Fu Cult Master and finally Last Hero in China (both Jet Li). That doesn't really fit simply for continuity.There are also many different titles for this movie. I have found a general rules that the more titles a movie has then the more edits or versions. Personally, I have but one with a run time of 1:38:56 and there is no on screen movie title. It begins with confusion by naming many kung fu cults. I took this as a spoof – so many cults yet all basically the same, each one thinks they are the best, each thinks the other guys are evil but they all do bad things and rationalize. The main fact is that all this stuff is based on Jin Yong's novel "Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre". It was first made into a movie in two parts by Shaw Brothers in the 1980s. The novel was also serialized on Hong Kong television and that was the most complete version compared to the novel. Whatever the truth is, only what remains on film matters, so pick your favorite story."Kung Fu Cult Master" has many reviews and they seem to fall into hate it/love it and nothing in the middle. My opinion is similar – I hated some parts and loved other parts. The wire work and beams of power shooting out of the palms of hands is easy to hate particularly when it takes away from the real fighting. On the other hand, most of this wire work is as technical as rocket science calculus and was executed flawlessly. There was also plenty of real fight action too. I point particularly to the final sequence and the use of tai chi fighting elements. So do I recommend this movie to other fans of the genre? Yes. I base that decision on the fact that when the final scene ended (setting up a sequel), I would have cued up the sequel to watch immediately.
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