Review of The Big Fight (Lei tai )

While many such films focus only on the fight scenes and forget about the plot, this is definitely not the case with this film. The plot as well as the fight scenes are excellent. In addition, the dubbing in the film was handled extremely well; much unlike many other similar films.

The fight scenes are quite impressive and there are a lot of them. The choreography in those scenes is simply amazing. There are a wide variety of weapons used including several different Chinese and Japanese swords, bayonets, knives, rifles and several other items as well. There are also several different types of martial arts demonstrated in the fight scenes such as karate, judo and even some sumo.

By the end of the film you feel as though you really know the characters. Sadly, many other such films do not lend a lot of time toward character development but that is not the case with this film. There isn’t a lot of comic relief, but then it’s not really needed.

The plot of the film focuses on a manicurist by the name of Shirley. Shirley is in love with a prizefighter, Tiger. Trouble arrives when Shirley’s younger brother gets in debt with a gangster, Chuck. Steve, Tiger’s manager agrees to help bail out the brother but only if Shirley agrees to sabotage her boyfriend’s chances at winning an upcoming championship.

With superb choreography, acting and character development this is one film you won’t soon forget. It will become a must see you will want to add to your movie collection and watch again and again.

 

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