rrubini-98253 I guess you wouldn't be reading this review if you weren't interested in, or at least curious about Kung Fu movies. If you have any interest at all in the style "Come Drink with Me" should be on your "must-see" list. When I first saw it, I didn't realize how old it was (1966), and as I watched it I assumed it was a later film because it is so sophisticated. The costumes, lighting, sets, story and in particular the cinematography are all top-notch. Yet it retains that blend of weirdness, cheesiness and badassery that makes me love this kind of movie, and which makes them so different from Hollywood movies.I don't have much of a technical understanding of cinematography and so I don't know the proper way to describe it, but I would just say that each shot is framed in an artistic way that makes it very pleasing to the eye. The whole movie just looks great. The story is more complex than most of the Kung Fu movies that I've seen (I've seen quite a few), and the characters and their development is more involved also. Cheng Pei-Pei is awesome in this role.One thing you should be aware of is that, probably because this is an older movie, the fight scenes are not as polished and choreographed as the ones that came along in the 70s and after. I'm not saying the fight scenes are bad by any means, in fact I suppose they are more realistic than most Kung Fu movies but they don't have the stylized "dance-like" fighting that most people come to love in these films. The movie also features more sword fighting and not so much hand-to-hand.The only kind of weird thing is that there is a scene toward the beginning where the main lady is supposed to be passing herself off as a man. I just can't believe that anyone would think she was a man in those scenes. I was confused when everyone kept "he" and "him" when talking about her, it took me a while to realize that she was supposed to be posing as a man. That's a minor quibble and it certainly doesn't detract from the movie at all; you have to suspend your disbelief quite a bit for these kind of movies, anyway!I know a lot of people that are really into movies but have never watched any Kung Fu films; when I recommend this genre to people this is always one of the movies I suggest. Highly recommended.

Abyss47 Shaw Brothers. Shaw Brothers. Shaw Brothers. We meet again.Okay, so one day I was sitting around browsing the internet, and I thought to myself, "Hmm, why don't I download a bunch of Asian films to watch later?" Just in case you haven't already guessed, this was one of them. After watching several of the others, I finally decided to sit down to this one. The reason this one caught my eye is because it starred the lovely Pei-pei Cheng, who you may know from "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", where she played the not-so-lovely Jade Fox. Those of you who know me know I love watching women kick some ass in movies, and this was a Shaw Brothers film on top of that, so I just HAD to get up in that.Yeah, it was pretty damn cool. Those of you who have to have some sort of deep plot and spellbinding visuals in every film you watch probably wouldn't get a whole lot out of this, but I have an open mind and this is my kind of film, so I instantly took a liking to it. Pei-pei Cheng was fascinating to watch and undeniably beautiful. She just has that sort of presence that draws you to her. Whenever she wasn't on screen, the movie definitely felt lacking in my eyes, but thankfully, she's on screen pretty darn often considering she's the main character. The fight choreography was obviously impressive, and there were some brutal scenes that will likely stay with me for a while, such as when a young apprentice is cruelly murdered in cold blood. For being as old as it is, this is also a very fast-paced film. Sure, there are some slow spots - not that they bothered me - but it's constantly moving forward, which made it all the more engaging. The story itself is solid for this type of film, but nothing too surprising. The print I saw had very good visual and audio quality, which was nice. Great, now I'm just stalling to make the review longer.Well, it's simply a good film. I wasn't blown away, but I enjoyed it about as much as I'm capable of enjoying a martial arts film from the 60's these days. The fights alone are worth the price of admission, so if you haven't already seen this, what the hell have you been watching lately?

KRS_kungfu This movie has it all -- meaning that it's directed by King Hu, and stars Cheng Peipei. The wire work is flawless, the use slow motion breathless, and the butt kicking is epic. The mistaken identity plot RE: Cheng is the same as a lot of pictures from this time -- but King Hu does it with real flair in this one. I was put on to this movie and King Hu in general by a guy I spar with every week at Fu. Cheng's moves are fluid and inspiring. Pay particular attention to how it is that she's able to take on multiple opponents -- I can't say exactly what style she's using, but it's surprsingly believable considering many actors of the time did more ballet/Peking opera acrobatrics, than actual ancient forms. This is a must see for anyone into martial arts.

ConcreteSteelC Da zui xia was a relief. I watched many kung fu movies as a child that were slightly reminescent of this one, and have stopped watching recent ones since the scope of their theme had narrowed down so much.Now, for the first time in many years, I am able to recover some of what I saw back then but did not fully understand. A recent tour throughout China and more familiarity with Chinese philosophy and culture gave me sudden insights in the director's message. This is very refreshing.