543 SB FANTASY : ‘ Descendant Of The Sun ‘ - 日劫

Lunar New Year 2009 Selection :

A Shaw Brothers Classic ...


‘ Descendant Of The Sun ‘ - 日劫





















Cast : Derek Yee , Cherie Chung
Director : Chu Yuan

Synopsis

A villainous regent of a kingdom killed hundreds of infants whom he deemed to be mentally inferior. Feared that the ruling princess would stop his brutal activities, he dispatched some assassins to kill her. In the nick of time, a super warrior in gold outfit came to her rescue. However, his primary mission was to track and eliminate a demon that had escaped from the immortal world …


日劫 … 爾冬陞 , 鍾楚紅

某日 , 公主有難 ，幸被一降落凡間之超人相救 , 即感恩生愛 ……


Rating / 评价 : 3 ½ stars of 5

473 SB FANTASY : ‘ The Snake Prince ‘

‘ The Snake Prince ‘

Cast : Ti Lung , Lin Chen-chi , Wang Yu
Director : Lo Chen

Synopsis

A magical Snake Prince had transformed into a handsome human and gate-crushed into a village religious rite that was praying for rain. There he met a beautiful girl and fell in love with her. He offered to help the drought-stricken villagers but with a condition to marry his beloved girl ….

Rating : 2 ½ stars of 5

452 SB FANTASY : ‘ The Super Inframan ‘

‘ The Super Inframan ‘

Cast : Danny Lee , Wang Hsieh , Terry Lau
Director : Hua Shan

Synopsis

Some evil subterranean creatures aimed for world domination, had endangered the lives of Hong Kong’s innocent citizens with a rash of earthquakes and fires. The only one to combat the monsters terrorists was a courageous hero who was transformed into a cybernetic form with super power and weaponry …

Rating : 3 ½ stars of 5

279 SB FANTASY : ‘ Mighty Peking Man ‘

‘ Mighty Peking Man ‘

Cast : Danny Lee , Evelyne Kraft
Director : Ho Meng-hua

Synopsis

A team of Indiana Jones-style adventurers decided to locate a giant ape-like creature in the Himalayas. They set off on the perilous journey where there were stampeding elephants and wild tigers along their way into the wild. As there was no sight of the said creature after several months, the team withdrawn from the mission except one member who was left alone in the jungle …

Fast paced, action packed and most of all, Danny Lee’s memorable performance!

Rating : 4 stars of 5

274 SB FANTASY : ‘ The Monkey Goes West ‘

‘ The Monkey Goes West ‘

Cast : Yueh Hua , Diana Cheung , Ho Fan
Director : Ho Meng-hua

Synopsis

Tang priest Tripitaka was tasked to bring the Buddhist scriptures from India to China. Along his perilous journey, he met the legendary Monkey God who was cast down by the Lord Buddha and thereafter awaiting for the priest’s arrival ….

The first chapter of ‘ Journey To The West ‘ with wonderful huang mei diao by Pigsy !

Rating : 4 stars of 5

273 SB FANTASY : ‘ Princess Iron Fan ‘

‘ Princess Iron Fan ‘

Cast : Pat Ting Hung , Yueh Hua , Cheng Pei-Pei , Ho Fan , Lily Ho
Director : Ho Meng-hua

Synopsis

Tripitaka and his disciples arrived at a village that had been devastated by fires ignited by Princess Iron Fan. The latter had grudges against his disciple, Monkey and thus, wanted to block his way to India.
Meanwhile two ‘White Bone’ demons schemed to capture Tripitaka ….

The second chapter of the classic literature with strong cast !

Rating : 4 stars of 5

272 SB FANTASY : ‘ The Cave Of Silken Web ‘

‘ The Cave Of Silken Web ‘

Cast : Angela Yu Chien, Shen Yi
Director : Ho Meng-hua

Synopsis

In a cave lived seven demon spiders. When they knew of Tripitaka’s passing by their residence, they decided to capture him. Fear of his disciple Monkey’s power, they plotted to lure his lecherous disciple Pigsy into their trap ...

The third chapter with fast paced actions !

Rating : 4 ½ stars of 5

271 SB FANTASY : ‘ The Land Of Many Perfumes ‘

‘ The Land Of Many Perfumes ‘

Cast : Fang Ying , Li Hsiang-chun , Ho Fan
Director : Ho Meng-hua

Synopsis

Tripitaka and his disciples continued their journey to the west and came to a land entirely populated by females. When the queen saw Tripitaka, she decided to marry her daughter to him. Meanwhile, several demons were awaiting for their chances to capture Tripitaka ….

This is the finale of the classic, but not as intriguing as the first three episodes …

Rating : 3 ½ stars of 5

237 SB FANTASY : ‘ Na Cha The Great ‘

‘ Na Cha The Great ‘

Cast : Fu Sheng
Director : Chang Cheh

Synopsis

The mischievous Na Cha sneaked out of his house one day to see the world. What he saw were citizens being oppressed by corrupt officials and evil gods. Out of impulsiveness he killed one of the evil gods who was the third prince of the undersea. The outrageous king of the undersea henceforth threatened to cause deadly flood to the town …

Not a great fantasy film but nice to see the charismatic Fu Sheng as the legendary Chinese god Na Cha.

Rating : 3 stars of 5