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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Original title: Shu Shan - Xin Shu shan jian ke
  • 19831983
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.8K
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A Chinese soldier in an ancient civil war flees the battlefield and gets caught up in a fantastical quest to save the world from evil.A Chinese soldier in an ancient civil war flees the battlefield and gets caught up in a fantastical quest to save the world from evil.A Chinese soldier in an ancient civil war flees the battlefield and gets caught up in a fantastical quest to save the world from evil.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
32,052
20,741
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    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Chung-Yuet Shui(uncredited)
      • Cheuk-Hon Szeto
    • Stars
      • Biao Yuen
      • Hoi Mang
      • Adam Cheng
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Chung-Yuet Shui(uncredited)
      • Cheuk-Hon Szeto
    • Stars
      • Biao Yuen
      • Hoi Mang
      • Adam Cheng
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
    Trailer 1:30
    Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

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    Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Hoi Mang, Moon Lee, and Biao Yuen in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Brigitte Lin in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Brigitte Lin, and Biao Yuen in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Hoi Mang, Moon Lee, Brigitte Lin, and Biao Yuen in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Brigitte Lin, and Biao Yuen in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, and Gwa-Pau Sai in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Damian Lau in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Adam Cheng in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Kuang-Li Hsia and Damian Lau in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
    Hoi Mang, Moon Lee, and Biao Yuen in Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

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    Biao Yuen
    Biao Yuen
    • Ti Ming Chi
    Hoi Mang
    Hoi Mang
    • Yi Chen
    • (as Hoi Man)
    Adam Cheng
    Adam Cheng
    • Ting Yin
    Brigitte Lin
    Brigitte Lin
    • Countess
    Damian Lau
    Damian Lau
    • Abbott Hsiao Yu
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    • Chang Mei…
    Judy Ongg
    • Li I chi
    Oliver Albrecht
    • Oliver
    Jorn Bertram
    • Doctor
    Dani Bishop
    • Fortune Teller
    Norman Chu
    Norman Chu
    • Heaven's Blade
    Hark-On Fung
    Hark-On Fung
    • Evil Disciple
    Kuang-Li Hsia
    • Chi Wu-Shuang
    • (as Kwan-Li Shen)
    Chau Sang Lau
    Chau Sang Lau
    • Orange Army soldier
    Moon Lee
    Moon Lee
    • Mu Sang, Countess's Guard
    Yun-Chiang Peng
    Yun-Chiang Peng
    Jimmy Shaw
    Jimmy Shaw
    • Fencing Coach
    Hark Tsui
    Hark Tsui
    • Blue Army soldier fighting Fat Man
    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Chung-Yuet Shui(uncredited)
      • Cheuk-Hon Szeto
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    • Trivia
      American filmmaker John Carpenter has stated that Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) was an influence on his 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
    • Goofs
      During many of the actors stunt scenes or where there are arrows flying around, you can spot the cables used by the sfx team.
    • Alternate versions
      The international English language version, Zu Time Warriors, includes a 25-min. wraparound filmed in Canada with Yuen Biao as a modern day fencing champ transported via his dreams while in a coma to the Oriental fantasy setting of the film and awakening from the coma at the end. The Chinese version was released prior to this filming despite director's wishes.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

    User reviews22

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    8/10
    This is a freaky bit of fun
    This film illustrates the major difference between Western and Eastern fantasy films. A western version of this same film would attempt for some level of realism, some element of grittiness and angst. This film ignores realism entirely. Hey, its a fantasy already! Swordsman and monks float and dive in aerial battle, an old man's eyebrows are deadly weapons, whole armies of guys in brightly colored uniforms run about attacking each other for very poorly explained reasons, and blue eyed jawa clones swoop about the inside of evil temples. Although the ending is almost unintelligible, the first hour of the film is just one cool scene after another. The editing of this film would certainly make an epileptic have a seizure, but after five minutes you stop caring about the plot and dialogue and just start enjoying the wacky surreal action. I wish I could see this one on the big screen.
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    • Hanichi
    • Apr 19, 1999

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    • Release date
      • 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Warriors from the Magic Mountain
    • Production company
      • Golden Harvest Company
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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