Jeff Lau's film "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" is based upon the same famous Louis Cha novel as Wong Kar Wai's own "Ashes of Time", which was shot concurrently and shares much of the same star-studded cast. A complete subversion of the Wu Xia Pian martial arts genre, Lau's film is a wickedly funny parody which piles on love .. Read more
| Starring | Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai |
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| Director | Jeffrey Lau |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, World Cinema |
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Jeff Lau's film "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" is based upon the same famous Louis Cha novel as Wong Kar Wai's own "Ashes of Time", which was shot concurrently and shares much of the same star-studded cast. A complete subversion of the Wu Xia Pian martial arts genre, Lau's film is a wickedly funny parody which piles on love triangles, bizarre musical numbers and entertaining action sequences choreographed by Sammo Hung (Enter the Dragon) to create one of Hong Kong cinema's most beloved cult classics.
| Starring | Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Joey Wang, Veronica Yip, Kenny Bee |
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| Director | Jeffrey Lau |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1993 To Rent: DVD: 09 Feb 2009 |
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Bizarre and hilarious
This was most hilarious, but you have to understand Cantonese and have watched the old black and white Chinese kung fu movies to be able to grasp the humour and... read more »
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