Kung Fu Cinema at the Ritzy
Enjoy new & classic martial arts films supported by new MA action shorts films.
Friday 28th August
A Classics Double-bill
Snake in The Money’s Shadow
Classic Drunken and Monkey fist Kung fu combine to make a deadly style, ready for revenge. Martial Arts star John Cheung stars in this comedy-action classic; which was a big hit at late night kung fu screenings back in the 1980’s. An expert snake-fist henchman challenges a master of monkey fist and loses, he along with another snake fist expert hire out their killing skills to a local family determined to control the town. A humble delivery boy is bullied by the family determined to learn self-defence he is eventually accepted into the drunken fist school, he also accidentally meets the monkey fist master who saves him from a real snake attack. The young man learns both drunken fist and monkey kung fu and after both his teachers are defeated by the snake fist duo he seeks deadly revenge.
Cast: John Cheung, Yao Lin Chen, Pomson Shi, Chiu-Sing Hau, Wilson Tong, Director: Sum Cheung
Hong Kong / 1979 / 100 mins / 15
Dance of The Drunken Mantis
The unofficial sequel to classic Drunken Master! Action maestro Yuen Woo Ping delivers another masterpiece. Simon Yuen returns as the Drunken Master, Sam Seed. This time his bumbling adopted son is trained to fight the fearsome Rubber Legs (Hwang Jang Lee), the white haired master of the Northern Drunken Mantis Style.
Cast: Yuen Siu Tin, Hwang Jang Lee, Yuen Xin Yi, Yuen Kwai, Lin Dai. Director: Yuen Woo Ping
Hong Kong / 1979 / 91 mins / 15
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