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Friday 15 March 2013

Flying Dagger (1993)

A direct translation of the film’s title is Crazy Dagger and Flying Sky Cat, which is much more apt but still doesn't even begin to describe how bat-shit crazy it all is. It’s a wuxia action comedy written by Wong Jing with a large dollop of innuendo, self-parody and wire-work that’s off the scale.
The plot has something to do with bounty hunters and a villainous fox, and then someone drinks piss. The English subtitles are a mess, so not only will you be reading and watching, you’ll be decoding. It makes the film even more head exploding than it already was. Fun times.
It managed to attract a hell of a cast, many of whom will be well known to fans of the genre.

3 helping hands out of 5

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