My Young Auntie

This movie was funny and action packed. Great addition to my Kung Fu collection

Cantonese with English subtitle. Excellent Choreography on the kung-fu in this film. This is a Chinese comedy film. A clan of three brothers. The oldest passed away and left all the assets (business, estates and money) to the second brother has fallen ill and is about to die. The third brother is greedy with a gang that wants the assets. However, the second brother knows that the third brother is up to no good, so he arranges to leave the business and estates to the oldest brother's living son, and simultaneously marries his young servant before death so that she gets the money and can carry out the will to the son of his elder brother. Well, this son is actually an older person and has a young son of his own. This in turn makes the young servant the aunt of the first brother's son's son. Throughout the movie, the relationships between the eldest brother's family and the aunt develops, and misunderstandings creates the humor (similar to the TV show Three's Company) while love is developed between everyone.The challenge is that the third brother is relentlessly searching and trying to take control of the assets from this family. He sends his gang to chase down the family and eventually fights for what he believes is his. The setting of the movie is during a time when China was going through a cultural revolution in which fashion was changing and ways of life was changing, which included parties and dancing, which was previously unknown to the Chinese. Thus, some of the humor comes from this cultural change. Also, keep in mind when watching this movie, family hierarchy in the Chinese culture is very important. Thus, a young nephew must obey the commands of the father and an aunt, but the nephew received his university education in Hong Kong where he learns modern philosophies with concepts of individualism and therefore, he doesn't understand his place when it comes to respecting the elders of the family, which in turn gets him in trouble with his elders. Good story, acting and fun.

"Uncle Voltron"

Considered by many to be a Kung Fu classic, this Lau Kar-Leung flick is another of those films that has much to enjoy, however; the material in between those scenes can be pretty rough! Kara Hui is introduced here as the central character(The Young Auntie if you will). Although nice to look at and a strong female lead, I found her character to be fairly unlikeable and her fighting scenes are probably the worst in the film. Hsiao Hou plays the charismatic nephew who is always trying to show his Kung Fu superiority (great facial expressions) and is impressive even when scripted into campy situations(like sword-fighting with a small army knife while dressed as Peter Pan!?). Lau Kar-Leung steals the show to no real suprise. He is obviously the best fighter of the entire cast(although Gordon Liu shows up in a bit part) and is electric throughout. The movie clocks in at roughly 2 hours and even though there are fight scenes scattered through the first hour and a half it is the final half hour, filled with Kung Fu mayhem and Leung and Hou fighting alongside to rescue thier Aunt that saved this for me. And that great finale is what elevates this to the 3 stars I gave it... everything up until then is worth watching once but rather forgettable. If you do enjoy the genre comedy elements of this era(slapstick, misunderstandings, sexual inuendo, bizzare situations, dance routines, etc.) than this is a must own... these are the elements that brought the film down for me personally. Either way this is worth a viewing and the DVD release by Dragon Dynasty is top notch as always(special features are a rare letdown though).

I really enjoyed this movie.The story premise is good. A young girl marries an older man in order to save his martial arts school from being taken over by an evil relative.She (having learned Kung-Fu in the very school she inherits) is amazing in her fight scenes.And when she meets and teams up with the rest of her in-laws, it's funny as they try to understand why this young girl is their "elder".The fight scenes are typical but well choreographed and executed. The comedy elements add to this movie without being too "hokey" for comedy's sake.This is another Dragon Dynasty release and I'm very impressed with the quality of the films they've been putting out. The picture is clean and the remastering is top-notch.The special features include an interview with the lead character played by actress Kara Hui, which is nice to get her input on how this movie came to be and what it was like to be in it.I would very much recommend this movie to others who are a fan of Kung-Fu films.

Kara Hui is excellent in this film and its so nice to see her in a starring role. Near the middle-end she kind of steps aside as the main character and othe characters are introduced. If you are looking for non-stop action then this isn't the movie. Not to put this movie down though because it comes across as a comedy. There are several good fight scences but this movie also has a good plot to it and that is another reason why you should purchase it. There is a good chinese sword vs. fencing technique fight in the middle of the movie. The ending fight could have been a little better but it doesnt disappoint too much. If you like great kung fu, good plot line, and the beautiful kara hui then this is the movie for you.

A wonderfully original, funny story with eye -popping kung fu! The final fight scene between Liu Chia Liang and Wang Lung Wei is amazing! A true king fu masterpiece!

I'm not really a film buff or critic so will not attempt to be one. I enjoy marshal arts choreography and it had its share. Story a little weak in places and for me some cringe scenes. Overall innocent fun and no gratuitous violence.

While I really didn't like this movie I should say that the final fight featuring Lau Kar Leung was very good and well worth checking out. I just don't think sitting through two hours of really bad comedy is worth the wait. Kara Hui is gorgeous as ever as the leading lady and while the choreography is good, there is just something I can't quite put my finger on about her, but I don't see her as a kung fu legend. I just don't rate her skills.I felt the same when I watched another of her films "Lady is the Boss" that she just isn't a great lead and her fighting doesn't exhilarate me. Now Lau Kar Leung he is something else when he is on screen unleashing his kung fu! He is always a joy to watch as a fan of kung fu cinema. In both this movie "My Young Auntie" and "Lady Is the Boss" Kara Hui thankfully steps away from the limelight for the finale and the old master shows how it's supposed to be done, in great style. Perhaps an extra star is deserved for the finale but given how much I had to suffer through watching the whole movie, I've not given it.Hsiao Hou who co-stars in this movie is truly awesome in "Mad Monkey Kung Fu" (if you haven't seen this I recommend that you pick up this classic from Amazon as soon as possible) but really doesn't get a chance to shine and is really wasted here.All in all this movie is bogged down in lame comedy with some brief good bits of kung fu sporadically spread throughout the movie. For me the story didn't do enough to keep my interest and there wasn't enough fight sequences to really thrill me. I would recommend passing on this and checking out other films by Lau Kar Leung like "Heroes of the East", "Eight Diagram Pole Fighter", "Martial Club" , "Mad Monkey Kung Fu" and lastly but by no means least "36th Chamber of Shaolin".

A movie made in the early 70s, unfortunately Liu is not around.

This one is a must for the collection. Great action and humour with an original story.

This film took me back to when I use to watch a lot of Kung Fu movies with my cousins. My Dad enjoyed it as well.