The Fearless Hyena (1979)

R   |    |  Comedy, Action

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A young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mortal enemy.

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29 October 2002 | Joost_van_Steeg@Hotmail.com
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| Don't underestimate this movie!
First of all I want to say to the Dutch readers that the Fearless Hyena part I that you poses is Part II in the rest of the world because Prime Time made a mistake switching them around.

Although the story line was bad and some humor was absolutely terrible this movie contains some of the most hard acrobatic skills and it was one of his most energetic movies. I guess that he's been training like a mad person for this movie because it was one of the first movies in which he could do the fighting choreography completely by himself. This made the fighting scenes absolutely awesome and make me want to train myself again.

I saw a comment which says that it looked too much like Drunken Master, but it's Drunken Master that looks a lot like this one because Fearless Hyena was made a year earlier.

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Trivia

This movie served as the inspiration behind Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga.

Quotes

Shing Lung: Master! Where are you going?
The Master: I'm going to toilet.

Crazy Credits

The Japanese release of the film features an animated montage of Jackie Chan carrying out stunts with two characters that resemble Monkey Punch's criminal entertainers Daisuke Jigen and Fujiko Mine.

Alternate Versions

For the Japanese theatrical release under the title of Crazy Monkey, an animated segment designed by manga artist Monkey Punch was commissioned and added to the film's opening.

Soundtracks

Monkey Man
Performed by Dr. Soup
(Only in Japanese release)

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Action

Details

Release Date:

17 February 1979

Language

Cantonese

Country of Origin

Hong Kong, South Korea

Filming Locations

Hong Kong, China

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