This is another film based on the Legend Wong Fei Hung! You’ll probably have seen Jet Li play said character in the Once upon a time in China films (Well if not… Why not?) so you probably know all about this character and what he’s all about!

Fist from Shaolin stars Kwan Wong as the great Wong Fei Hung, you won’t recognise the name I shouldn’t think but this guy was Jackie Chan’s stunt coordinator on Project A! That by itself should give you a good idea as to the quality of the fight scenes in this movie. They are really good:)

Having been brought up on a steady stream of Kung Fu films I feel I’ve seen a lot of rubbish in my time, sometimes though things stand out above the rest and this is one of those films. Kung Fu Movie plot’s are never complicated and never really anything special! All that matters it that the plot ties the fight scenes together OK… in this kind of film, really that’s all you need. This is a simple story of Wong Fei Hung going to the city to meet his Aunt off a boat from America, and upon discovering she’ll be longer than anticipated he and his 2 Students decide to stay! They get accidentally involved in some ruckus and before you know it they’re saving whole bundles of people from some bad men! What more could you ask for, the plot is simple and makes sense! There is also a good dose of comedy (both intentional and unintentional) thrown in for good measure!

What these films are really about is fighting and watching people show off their considerable Martial Arts skills, which the cast of this film have in bucket loads! There is a scene pretty early on where a young kid is performing some Martial Arts on the street to try and earn a few coins, I had to rewind the whole bit to watch again (in fact I ended up rewinding quite a few of the fights for secondary viewing) the kid was really good, doing all that business with the slightly bendy pole… just amazing to watch, I could sit and watch that stuff all day. Reminiscent of early Jet Li movies in the quality of fights… think of Jet Li's Shaolin Temple and that’s the kind of thing you’re getting here! There is some wirework but nothing too overboard, just enough to tweak reality to a nice level! Worthy of mention as well is the fight with the dead pig... I have seen a great many items used as weapons in my years of Kung Fu movie experience but I have never before seen anything close to someone fighting using a dead and gutted pig!!??? Cracking stuff even though I'm a veggie... lol!

There’s not really much else to say, this is a really good Martial Arts Movie with plenty of good fights, the kind of film you always hope you’re going to get but mostly you just don’t! If you’re a fan of he genre this is definitely one worth getting and if you’re not… well this would be a nice place to start!

This is getting a UK DVD release on the 15 th May from Dragon DVD and it’s coming out at the mind-blowing price of £5.99 and believe me this is worth 6 quid of anybody’s money!