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- A.k.a.
- The Battle Wizard
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 77 min.
- Director
- Hsueh Li Pao
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy
- Rating *
- 6.3
- Votes *
- 227
- Checks
- 151
- Favs
- 5
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 3.3% (1:30)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:0
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1977's The Battle Wizard, a Shaw Brothers' wuxia based on Chin Yung's seminal novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, directed by Pao Hsueh-li, and starring Danny Lee as the gauche prince who becomes invulnerable when he drinks the blood of a giant red python. For me, the attraction held by these older fantasy epics is the chance to see some incredible, magic kung fu, realized with little technological means. Battle Wizard features a lot of animation drawn directly on the film and various physical and juxtaposition effects, including people breathing fire, telescopic chicken legs, finger lasers, magic snakes that tunnel into your skin... it's quite insane. And it's what I like about it. The story itself is standard, though well-handled, revenge fare, while the characters are sadly under-written. Clocking in at only 73 minutes, one might wonder if scenes were cut at the script stage, editing stage, or when sending it out to foreign markets, and indeed, the ending feels ridiculously rushed. Recommended to fans of the genre or if you like things like 80s Conan, Willow, etc. 8 years 9 months ago -
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