Xanda

2004 [CHINESE]

Action / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 21%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 21% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 302 302

Plot summary

Rural kung fu whiz Qiang travels to the big city to visit his friend Lung, who's taken up Xanda, a new martial art that fuses multiple styles. When Lung is grievously wounded by the Xanda champ, Qiang trains in the sport to seek revenge in the ring.

Director

Marco Mak Photo
Marco Mak

Top cast

Weilin Sang Photo
Weilin Sang as Qiang
Zi-Long Zhao Photo
Zi-Long Zhao as Lung
Hong-Jun Zhang Photo
Hong-Jun Zhang as Tieh
Jingyang Ni Photo
Jingyang Ni as Ning
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
853.49 MB
1280*720
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 1
1.71 GB
1920*1080
Chinese 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by goodmen

Rocky type film

This is like a Rocky clone.What i like: the film character is very realistic and the situation is on par with the real world and not the fake Hollywood crap. For one thing, the main character is very influence by western and not that kind of hero we see. He like an ordinary person with a dream of getting a car, cellphone etc. Some Tsui Hark filming which is solely missing since he's stop acting. The fighting was awesome and entertaining and very realistic too.What i hate: The acting was pretty bad, the over the top fighting, they should make it more like Rocky camera angle and not keep moving around. The cantonese dubbing was pretty horrible. Also the acting (which i heard they are real life xanda fighter and not actors) was pretty bad, but i can't blame them. The film look low budget, has a Tsui Hark film it should look something glamorous and not like those Fruit Chan film (not that his movie are boring, in fact i love Fruit Chan movie). Of course Rocky was a much better film, but this movie was at least not boring.
Reviewed by SkullScreamerReturns 5 / 10

Boxing movie Chinese style

I picked this up from a flea market for three reasons: 1. Asian movies aren't the most commond find around here, 2. it was cheap, and 3. IT'S MARTIAL ARTS, MAN!!The box description led me to expect something scary brutal, like heads flying in the ring... but the movie was actually quite tame. Especially in the beginning there's a lot of humour. I suppose that's a tradition in Chinese kung fu movies, that there is fighting but also funny moments. Towards the end the movie gets a little more intense because there's more fighting. The thing I liked the most was that the fighting scenes were very nicely shot, with a lot of cool camera angles. The kind of material that would be perfect in a music video!As a whole the film seemed a bit unmemorable to me. Nothing really special about it. If you like movies with boxing or other fighting sport in the ring, then you will probably enjoy it to some extent. But if you miss it, you won't miss really that much.
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