Snake in The Eagle's Shadow: The Start of Jackie Chan's Prime

Starring: Jackie Chan

 Yuen Siu-Tien

 Jwang Lee Hwang

Directed by: Yuen Woo Ping

 Written by: Ng See-yuen
Choi Gai-gwong
Tsai Chi-kuang
Produced by: Ng See-yuen
Chen Chuan

Release date (Hong Kong): March 1, 1978

 Synopsis

Chien Fu, an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor while being bullied and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu, being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-style masters, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being abused once more, Chien later finds Pai and helps him recover. Pai agrees to give him more lessons, on the condition that he does not call him "sifu" ("master"), since they are friends. The real reason, however, is to keep Chien's connection with him secret from his pursuers.

 

 Review

Snake in The Eagle's Shadow is most likely the earliest action film I've ever watched, and it did not dissapoint.

Chien Fu is an instantly likeable character, unlike Fei-Hung in Drunken Master. The film also has Jackie's classic slapstick humor which is why we love him and his works to this day.

It also has some ridiculous fighting scenes and acting, which is what makes the film amazing.

But what I really love about the English dub of the film is ridiculous sound effects and voice actors, which was so bad it was just funny. 

Jwang Lee also does an amazing job as the villian. He never gives up, and I like that, even if it's for bad purposes.

The casting choice for the film is genius and also the same as Drunken Master, which I review next week!

P.S. There are no eagle shadows in the film, and even if there were, I don't think you'd see a snake in them.

Rating: 7/10

Watch "Snake in The Eagle's Shadow" at the 

English -www.archive.org/details/Snake.in.the.Eagles.Shadow.1978.720p.BRRip.x264.AACPsiX

Who Am I?

 Hi, I'm Oliver, a 10-year old who has many job decisions when he grows up. Acting, writing, and film reviewing. I figure this is a good place to start.

I've been watching action movies ever since the age of six, with Project A, Rush Hour and Will Smith's Karate Kid, and they have grown to be my favourite movie genre ever.

This blog is not the only thing I work on. I'm the director, soundtrack composer, writer and voice actor for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Animated Series which is a fan-series I've been working on since June of this year.

wimpykidanimated.blogspot.com

I also am the publisher, writer, illustrator and editor of 198 Days which is a comic series in the style of Big Nate or Diary of a Wimpy Kid. 

official198days.blogspot.com / 198days.tumblr.com

The comic series is aiming for 198 comic strips and is now at 60 something.

Anyways, I figure you're bored about reading me talk about what I do, so I'm gonna start talking about some other things.

FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIES - HONG KONG

Police Story is not my first Chan film. Regardless, this film rocks.

Full review - January 1, 2024

 

Project Amazing is one of my first and favourite Jackie Chan films

Supercop was the best Police Story in my opinion. It's the only Hong Kong film I've watched with Michelle Yeoh as one of the main protagonists. 

FAVOURITE ACTION FILMS - USA

DIE HARDER.

 

 Spooderman

 FAVOURITE BOOKS 

 Diary of a Wimpy Kid is my favourite book series, and I've been reading it since 2019. Rodrick Rules is the best film in the series so far. If you remember, I direct Wimpy Kid Animated.

Tom Gates is essentially like Wimpy Kid, which is why I love it so much, except the protagonist is a nicer person.

Favourite show is Lazytown.

Anyways, now you know more about me, but here's some more info.

Name: Oliver

Country: Congo (birth country Australia)

Age: 10

Favourite movies: Supercop, Die Hard 2, Drunken Master 2

Favourite book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Cabin Fever

Favourite comic series: Big Nate  

Favourite bands: Mike Kalambay & Shekina Music, the Bill Wurtz Band

Favourite movie soundtracks: Project A (Micheal Lai), Police Story (Kevin Bassinson), Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 (Edward Shearmur)

Favourite television programs: LazyTown, Henry Danger

Occupation: Film critic, director, composer, writer and voice actor

Favourite color: Orange, red

Favourite actor: Jackie Chan, Magnus Scheving

Other websites: 198days.tumblr.com, wimpykidanimated.blogspot.com

Birthday: 8 July

Favourite food: Ramen, pizza, cookies

Dream vacations: New York City, Paris, Hong Kong

More posts

So, I've written and scheduled some more reviews for this blog. Here are the movies and publish date

Die Hard 4.0 / Live Free or Die Hard (2007) - May 6, 2024

Ip Man (2008) - May 13, 2024

The Spy Next Door (2010) - May 20, 2024

Thor III: Ragnarok (2017) - May 24, 2024

Stay tuned for Snake in The Eagle's Shadow which comes out November 27!

Welcome to action movie review Mondays

 With me, Oliver. A new review comes out every Monday.
So here's a timeline of all reviews so far and the Monday they come out AEST time:

NOVEMBER 2023

• Snake in The Eagle's Shadow (1978) - November 27

DECEMBER 2023

• Drunken Master (1978) - December 4
• The Young Master (1980)  - December 11
• Project A (1983) - December 18
• Wheels On Meals (1984) - December 25

JANUARY 2024

• Police Story (1985) - January 1
• Project A: Part 2  (1987) - January 8
• Die Hard (1988) - January 15
• Police Story 2 (1988) - January 22
• Die Harder (1990): January 29

FEBRUARY 2024

• Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991) - February 5
• Drunken Master II (1994) - February 12
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance  (1995) - February 19 
• Super Cop (1996) - February 26

MARCH 2024

• Rumble in The Bronx (1996) - March 4 
• Jackie Chan's First Strike (1997) - March 11 
• Rush Hour (1998) - March 18
• Men in Black (1997) - March 25

APRIL 2024

• Rush Hour 2 (2001) - April 1
• Spider-Man (2002) - April 8
• MIIB  (2002) - April 15
• New Police Story (2004) - April 22
• Spider-Man 2 (2004) - April 29