[KFCC] Fong Sai Yuk Review

Story: Fong Sai Yuk is home after he got in trouble for fighting, his friends sneak in and tell him that there is a Kung Fu tournament organized by a government official to find the husband for his daughter. Fong Sai Yuk who is skilled in Kung Fu decides to give it a try, meanwhile the the officials daughter runs away so he replaces her with a servant. During the fight Fong Sai Yuk sees the servant and looses on purpose so he does not have to marry her. Fong Sai Yuk's mother hears that he lost so she pretends to be Fong Sai Yuk's brother to win back his honor. She wins and is forced to marry but she gets back home so Fong Sai Yuk gets stuck with the marriage and that's where the trouble begins.

Review: Fong Sai Yuk is an old school Kung Fu movie with Jet Li, a mixture of some very nice Kung Fu and a friendly story. This movie uses a very simple recipe yet is very enjoyable like so many other movies of the same genre. The story is very simple and easy to follow, also there are quite a few funny parts in the story that will keep you smiling.

Like the other *old school* (as we like to call them) Kung Fu movies the cast is very likeable, this seems to be very common in these movies. The cast is always of simple yet adorable characters, there isn't ever a great deal of development or anything. We guess its the small touch of humour and humbleness that makes these characters so liked. As for the main vilain, Vincent Zhao is just excellent. They really show you how good his martial skills are. Also in this movie the chemistry between the cast is very good, they really chose the actors well.

With Jet Li in a movie is there any chance of it being boring? Probably not. You have a fair deal of Kung Fu in the movie separated in the various very interesting fight scenes (like one fight scenes where if he touches the ground he looses, so he is fighting on top of other people). The creative ideas that are used to make each fight unique looking is very enjoyable to watch. Also there is a good amount of comedy in movie with Fong Sai Yuk's marriage problems. With such an enjoyable story and action packed Kung Fu you, wont notice the time fly as you watch the movie.

The subtitles are very good on the DVD version and the dialog is easy to read. Fong Sai Yuk is a simple Kung Fu movie, this is not a big budget production or some state of the art technology. This movie is basically using simple stuff to make a very entertaining movie. There are some not so good special effects that are apparent, some people sometimes downplay the movie because of that, but we find that the cheesy special effects don't bother this movie one bit. You have a great cast, a very nice story and some really beautiful Kung Fu, what more can you ask for in an enjoyable movie. For Kung Fu fans out there, if you have not seen Fong Sai Yuk already you should go check it out, and for Jet Li fans this is a good looks at his older movies in Hong Kong.