VividSimon Simply Perfect

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

gavin6942 After failing his fellow students in a Lion Dance competition, Dragon (Jackie Chan) is sent away from his school in disgrace, on the condition that he must find his errant brother. Much martial arts mayhem and mistaken-identity silliness ensue.Exactly how silly this film is supposed to be is unclear. I suppose any movie that uses a dance competition as a plot device has to be silly in some respect. But with the American / English dub, some of the voices are far sillier than they probably were originally. And is it the original music, because some of that is really goofy.I have to give credit to Jackie Chan for directing and starring in his own movies. There are some real auteurs in the world of martial arts cinema, and Chan is one of them. I am not a big fan of the genre personally, but he makes me want to be.

ebiros2 Golden Harvest has been working on fresh ideas that while done in classic kung fu movie format, had elements that made their movies more modern and entertaining. This is one of their greatest movie starring Jackie Chan.Two kung fu schools competes in a lion dance contest. It's a very unusual lion dance with lots of amazing acrobatics. School Jackie Chan's in loses, and his brother takes the blame, and is dismissed from the school. The opponent school bullies Jackie's school, and the teacher takes it out on the students. Jackie is an orphan with his brother who's been raised by the school's master. He apologizes, and decides to leave but asks the master to not to take it out on the other students. Jackie then goes on a journey to search for his brother, and meets other experts that helps him to grow into a new master.Mixtures of story and kung fu is superb in this movie. It's old school, but there's also Jackie Chan element in it. He's showing the type of techniques that became signature Jackie Chan fight sequences. The quality is definitely higher because of Jackie Chan's involvement. If anyone else did this, this movie would have been just another kung fu movie.Defining Jackie Chan movie along with the "Drunken Master" that established him as the super star.

Chrysanthepop 'Shi Di Chu Ma' is another awesome martial arts comedy from Chan's 'Master' series. It pretty much follows the traditional themes of honour, folklore and reputation as other movies of the series. Yet, the humour works very effectively and the fight sequences are engaging. Here Chan and his cast demonstrate some new kung fu techniques (such as fan-fighting and skirt-fighting). The execution has its flaws (such as problems with continuity). Yet, as mentioned earlier, the comedy and choreography make up for it. Chan also proves to be a competent director for this particular genre. He combines his flair for comedy and martial arts and that's almost always an entertaining treat. Most of the supporting cast have limited screen time but they provide enough support to keep things going. To sum things up, 'Shi Di Chu Ma' is another hilarious film from the Jackie Chan factory.

jkreng79 Just to make a correction. "YOUNG MASTER" was not Jackie's first official directing debut. "FEARLESS HYENA was the first film he directed and was credited for. He had to direct "FEARLESS HYENA" for Lo Wei in 1979 before leaving for Golden Harvest. Apparently he directed his own film out of necessity right after his success with SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW and DRUNKEN MASTER. Jackie did not want to go back to the melodramatic boring stuff that Lo Wei has been doing with him already in the past, knowing he was no longer in tune with Chinese audiences.However, "YOUNG MASTER" IS the first film he directed when he worked for at Golden Harvest. This is all documented in Jackie's autobiography "I AM JACKIE CHAN."This is a fun film which I saw over 20 times in the Chinese theaters when it was first released. Whang In Sik is a great martial artist and an incredible villain who Jackie meets in the final fight scene that clocks in at an incredible 16 minutes. Master Whang also returns as the villain Jackie's next film "DRAGON LORD."