Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Nonureva Really Surprised!

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

screenman My 9-star vote represents the series in context. As someone who had been interested in Karate for several years before, I found this programme to have been extremely thoroughly researched. It was quite a revelation.It was also highly original, employing the flash-back denouement technique that Sergio Leone 'borrowed' in most of his spaghetti westerns. The programme was, in truth, as much a celebration of the philosophy of keeping peace as the practice and teaching of martial arts. Plots were simple, maybe predictable, but they unfolded with as slowly choreographed a ritual as the teachings themselves.A shaven-headed David Carradine was ideally suited to the role of mixed race Kwai Chang Kane, graduate monk of the Shao-Lin priesthood and fugitive murderer exiled in the wild-west USA. He brought an entirely-believable persona to his character whilst, in turn, acting as ambassador to the art. Bruce Lee was the obnoxious opposite.Kane's tranquil and undemonstrative resolution of problems, only employing force as a last resort, would make an interesting counterpoint if screened today, at a time when resolution by force is considered a moral imperative.There's a great deal more to be learnt from this series than from a game of 'Grand Theft Auto'. Recommended viewing, at least of the pilot movie.

rcj5365 This series was a phenomenon when it premiered in fall of 1972......Taking the martial arts craze with the elements of a western,and from there you have one of the biggest cult hits that ever grace the early 1970's......KUNG-FUThe series was filmed on location(with most of the scenes filmed on the backlot of the Warner Bors. Studios Lot in Burbank,California),this was a series that became ABC-TV's biggest hits. From the premiere episode on October 14,1972 until the final episode of the series on April 26,1975,the series KUNG-FU ran for three seasons on ABC,producing 91 episodes all in full color.While the show itself had some clever action and martial arts scenes(brilliantly executed and choreographed),it was the integration of the western and eastern culture that made this show a surprise hit. The pilot episode was especially brilliant along with the cinematography,blazing action(the character uses his hands and feet as a weapon as a means of self-defense)along with David Carradine's astounding acting and dialogue made it worthy of being a full length theatrical feature. Carradine's character of Caine actually appeared to be more of an honest biblical wanderer than a half-Chinese American mystic that made this series not only stand out,but made it a cult favorite,due to its star David Carradine. As far as the series goes,some of the episodes were brilliant,but some of them were a bit too repetitive. The best episodes from this series were "The Sign Of The Dragon","The Way Of The Tiger"(the pilot episode),"King Of The Mountain","The Well"(one of the few hour long dramas to authentically depict the plight of blacks in frontier America), and "The Squaw Man"(another one of the hour long dramas to depict the struggles of the Native American Indian). This was a series that had some great guest stars in some of the episodes especially from some of the great actors: Don Johnson, Bruce Dern, Harrison Ford, William Shatner, Jack Elam, and Jodie Foster.

charlie-kondek I watched this show as a kid in reruns and loved it. Got the chance to reconnect with it when it came out on DVD. I was so thrilled with it I started a blog about it, here: kwaichangcaine.blogspot.com Understand, it still seems a little dated and doesn't compare in terms of action by today's standards or even by the standards of the best kung fu movies of the genre. But it was just a great show, an inseparable part of the 1970s kung fu zeitgeist. Highly recommended on that basis. If you were there, this is for you. If you weren't there but enjoy that period, this is for you. If you're just new to this, I hope you can find something about it that you like anyway. The show is, as has been said, about a Shaolin monk wondering the Old West. It's about a man who is very complete and who wanders in and out of the episodes that characterized this violent and adventurous setting - so much so that he is, at times, a supporting character in someone else's story. But he's a peaceful warrior, always emerging from each drama basically unstained, virtuous, victorious in body and spirit.

I_KODA I think the original 'Kung Fu' was the best show ever on t.v. It was wonderfully made, superbly acted and taught me so many wonderful lessons. I truly was (o.k. still am) in love with David Carradine's 'Kwai Chang Caine'. No man can hold a candle to him. He was the perfect man. Beautiful, gentle yet strong, kind, insightful, skilled...at practically everything. What gentle, kind men were Master's Po and Khan as well....and I believe if there were more programs like 'Kung Fu' on t.v. the world would be a much better place. I still watch my old tapes of the show and am now going to buy the DVD sets. The show is timeless and the scenery was great too. The movie? A must see. David Carradine is thee greatest actor to ever grace us with his magnificent presence.~I love you David~~ Your Inner Beauty Changed My Life ~