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Prodigal Son Reviews

1983

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Leung Chang (Yuen Biao) is a spoiled son who thinks he is the baddest kung fu master around--until he is pounded in a fight with an effeminate Wing Chun master (Lam Ching-Ying) who plays a girl in a traveling Peking Opera troupe. Realizing that his father has been paying his opponents to lose, Leung begs to become the Wing Chun .. Read more

Starring	Sammo Hung, Yuen Mao, Frankie Chan, Lam Ching Ying
Director	Sammo Hung
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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  great fun even if you don't like kung fu!
  
  PLOT: The boyish hero (Yuen Biao) plays the son of a wealthy business man who dreams of being a great martial artist. But fearing for his safety, his parents ... read more »
  
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  - Belfast
  - 11 Feb 2004 at 19:47
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  Superb - Movie martial arts at its finest
  
  I love this film. I love this film!! Superb story, humour, martial arts choreography, emotion and general 'heart'.
  
  One of the best kung fu ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Jul 2011 at 12:48
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  Prodigal Son
  
  Prodigal Son is one of the best kung fu films I have ever seen. It is a common favourite among fans of Wing Chun Kung Fu; several characters are loosely based ... read more »
  
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  - Luton
  - 17 Dec 2009 at 12:10
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  Authentic
  
  Amongst the best martial arts films ever made, authentic Kung Fu, If you are a martial arts student in any style you can learn from this or you can just sit ... read more »
  
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  - Bournemouth
  - 28 Nov 2008 at 20:47
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  Prodigal Son
  
  Great film offering insight into what Kung Fu is to different people. Good mix of slapstick and brilliantly coreographed fight scenes which are invariably ... read more »
  
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  - 25 Nov 2008 at 22:53
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  LOVE IT
  
  I only rented this because I wanted to see the final fight scene! After Jet Li and some Jackie Chan films, this has the best fight scenes I have ever seen, if ... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 31 Mar 2008 at 19:52
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  Wing Chun
  
  Fantastic Film for those of you who are into Wing Chun or study it here you can see it all in action!!!!
  
  Fantastic film even for those who enjoy old ... read more »
  
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- - KENDO6679
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  - 04 Feb 2008 at 09:00
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  classic
  
  Those who know, know. Nuff said !!!!
  
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  - London
  - 20 Nov 2007 at 10:56
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  HUGE disapointment
  
  Rented this because of the positive reviews.BIG mistake!
  
  So old and dated that we only watched the first 2 minutes. Unless you particularly want to ... read more »
  
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  - Maidstone, Kent
  - 27 Apr 2007 at 09:25
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  The Prodigal Son
  
  The Prodigal Son is the best martial arts movie I've ever seen. Full stop. Forget Enter The Dragon, to hell with Hero and Crouching Tiger, even Police Story... read more »
  
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  - Tonbridge
  - 19 Feb 2007 at 13:07
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  hammy or what
  
  Due to the age of the film, apalling sound effects, make up, etc... yes you have guessed the rest!
  
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  - 27 Feb 2006 at 20:21
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  great fun even if you don't like kung fu!
  
  PLOT: The boyish hero (Yuen Biao) plays the son of a wealthy business man who dreams of being a great martial artist. But fearing for his safety, his parents ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Feb 2004 at 19:47
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  Best Wing Chun movie ever made... yet
  
  An interesting take on a legend behind origins of Wing Chun kung fu. As said previously by other reviews, Yuen Biao's performance is overshadowed by that of... read more »
  
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- - HON LAM
  - London
  - 28 Nov 2004 at 07:20
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  Yuen Biao Gets To Shine.
  
  This could well be Sammo Hung's greatest film. I say 'could' because so many of his films are classics. In this one he directs and takes a back seat... read more »
  
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- - Ian Davies
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  - 15 May 2005 at 11:27
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  Excellent
  
  This is one of the better Chinese martial arts films. The story focuses on the Wing Chun style of close combat fighting. I get the feeling that half-way ... read more »
  
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  - 16 May 2005 at 23:56
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  The Prodigal Son
  
  The Prodigal Son is the best martial arts movie I've ever seen. Full stop. Forget Enter The Dragon, to hell with Hero and Crouching Tiger, even Police Story... read more »
  
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  - Tonbridge
  - 19 Feb 2007 at 13:07
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  Prodigal Son
  
  Prodigal Son is one of the best kung fu films I have ever seen. It is a common favourite among fans of Wing Chun Kung Fu; several characters are loosely based ... read more »
  
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  - Luton
  - 17 Dec 2009 at 12:10
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  One of the best Martial Arts films
  
  Great action and a superbly coreographed. Sammo Hung - How does the big guy do it? - and without wires. Kungfu not Wing Chun!!!
  
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  - London
  - 22 Dec 2004 at 20:06
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  He got skills
  
  review of the old wing chun stlye. Film is dope in the sense that it's explaination of application to the stlye at hand is all relative?
  
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  - London, England
  - 04 Jan 2005 at 14:43
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  One of the best traditional kung fu movies of all time.
  
  This is without a doubt a classic in it's genre. I first watched it about 15 years ago, and i am glad to say it is just as watchable now as it was then. It ... read more »
  
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- - colin heatley
  - Carlisle, England
  - 06 Jul 2005 at 10:25
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  Not quite so hot...
  
  One thing that struck me first of all is that the chinese audio seems to be out of sync with the video - sometimes this is because the original is mandarin and ... read more »
  
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- - Jonathan Mathers
  - London, England
  - 21 Oct 2005 at 11:17

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