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Sammo enters the 1980s with a BANG - in our continuing celebration of a martial arts movie legend, we’re getting our first glimpses of Sammo Hung’s friendly rivalry with Jackie Chan, and his genre-making, hopping horror creativity. In the first ever “jiangshi” action movie Encounters of the Spooky Kind, shit gets scooby dooby and an insane final shot made us lose our minds. Then, Wheels on Meals is kind of an unofficial Mario bros buddy comedy (Yuen Biao and fight choreographer Chan!), with Sammo sporting a Jheri curl and directing the hell out of some truly painful-looking battles in Barcelona.
It turns out our predictions for Hung’s hilarious blend of kung fu and gags were true: the guy just gets better and better. But can a Sammo Hung action-horror-comedy live up to our absurd expectations?? And what’s it like when he gets his hands on skateboards, motorbikes and food trucks for jaw-dropping chase scenes? Let’s throw on some pastel blazers, travel back to the 1980s and find out …
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LETTERBOXD
Sound: Anthony Carr
Art: Kazuki Komatsu
NEXT EPISODE = Midnight Marathon: EASTERN CONDORS x PEDICAB DRIVER // Sammo Hung Part 3
Sammo enters the 1980s with a BANG - in our continuing celebration of a martial arts movie legend, we’re getting our first glimpses of Sammo Hung’s friendly rivalry with Jackie Chan, and his genre-making, hopping horror creativity. In the first ever “jiangshi” action movie Encounters of the Spooky Kind, shit gets scooby dooby and an insane final shot made us lose our minds. Then, Wheels on Meals is kind of an unofficial Mario bros buddy comedy (Yuen Biao and fight choreographer Chan!), with Sammo sporting a Jheri curl and directing the hell out of some truly painful-looking battles in Barcelona.
It turns out our predictions for Hung’s hilarious blend of kung fu and gags were true: the guy just gets better and better. But can a Sammo Hung action-horror-comedy live up to our absurd expectations?? And what’s it like when he gets his hands on skateboards, motorbikes and food trucks for jaw-dropping chase scenes? Let’s throw on some pastel blazers, travel back to the 1980s and find out …
Become ONE_OF_US here on Patreon
LETTERBOXD
Sound: Anthony Carr
Art: Kazuki Komatsu
NEXT EPISODE = Midnight Marathon: EASTERN CONDORS x PEDICAB DRIVER // Sammo Hung Part 3