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Warrior Two

		Country :	Hong Kong
		Year:	1978
		Genre:	Kung Fu
		Format:	DVD
		Running Time:	1H31
		Distributor:	Deltamac / HK Legend
		Date reviewed:	07/05/04

		Producer:	Raymond Chow
		Director:	Sammo Hung
		Cast: Leung Kar-yan , Casanova Wong , Sammo Hung, Fung Hak-on, Dean Shek Tin, Lee Hoi-sang

Story: Cashier Hua overhears a conversation between some criminals about a plot to kill the headman of Fu Shang City. He tries to warn the headman, but is unfortunately caught by the conspiring criminal group. With the help of Fei Chun, a student of the famous Wing Chun master, Mr. Tsang, Cashier Hua miraculously escapes the criminals. With their help, Cashier Hua hides at Mr. Tsang’s school and ends up being taught the secrets of Wing Chun from the students.

Review: WARRIOR TWO is probably one of the lesser-known Kung fu films in Sammo Hung’s filmography, but nonetheless, it is one of his strongest achievements. The film features an incredible cast including Sammo Hung, usual partner Leung Kar-yan, and also the Korean kicking machine, Casanova Wong. WARRIOR TWO is not just another entertaining kung fu movie, but also a great representation of the beauty and gracefulness of Wing Chun.

As most of his production, Sammo again directs and acts in his own films, but this time, he’s not the main character. The story resolves around Cashier Hua and his acceptance as a Wing Chun student by master Mr.Tsang. The basic plot might not be ground breaking, but it still holds enough interesting development and enough plot twists to satisfy martial arts movie fanatics.

Casanova Wong plays the role of Cashier Hua. Wong, a Korean with a strong Taekwondo background, easily impresses the viewers with his athletic abilities and precise kicking techniques. Even if his acting ability is not extremely charismatic, the problem is easily over shadowed by his physical performance, which makes us wonder why he only appeared in about twenty movies before deciding to go back to his homeland. As for Sammo Hung, again, he is in top shape, surprising the viewers with his acrobatic prowess and comical behaviours.

Those who prefer traditional martial arts movie to Wuxia magical style won’t be disappointed as WARRIOR TWO features an amazing set of fighting and training sequences. Like his later successes, THE PRODIGAL SON, the fighting techniques demonstrated in the movies directly comes from the renowned Kung Fu style of Wing Chun. A quick introduction on the style history, not totally accurate, is also given at the beginning of the movie to help audiences understand the origin of the style. As for the action and training sequences, they are spread out accordingly in the movie, and even if the movie does get to be a little slow in the middle, there’s a great fifteen minute fighting sequence to end the film on (which is also the best scene in the movie). It is of Sammo Hung fighting against two evil twin brothers using two broadswords while Casanova Wong fights the evil Fung Hak-on master of the deadly Mantis style.

WARRIOR TWO is really a movie that needs more recognition as one of the best Sammo Hung Kung fu films. If you’ve been dying for more old school martial arts action, here’s your medicine!

DVD HK Legend [ PAL, Region 2] :

Even with this been a slightly earlier DVD release from Hong Kong Legends, the quality of the re-mastered and anamorphic 2:35:1 picture is undeniable. A lot of older Hong Kong movies such as this usually end up the victims of fading and often showcase scratching, however this presentation of Warrior Two is much improved. Throughout colours retain their vibrancy and light levels are spot on, meaning you can enjoy the fights in a much improved state compared to previous releases.

Audio options are slightly limited, but you're given the choice of English dubbed and a remixed 5.1 Cantonese audio track, both of which are fine. Along with this you're given re-mastered English subtitles, free of grammatical error and easy to read.

Much is the standard set by Hong Kong Legends releases, this excels in the extras department, the most noticeable a 50 minute making of feature on the movie, featuring interviews with the likes of Sammo Hang, Leung Kar-Yan and Casanova Wong. Along with this, you've the option of watching with audio commentary from Bey Logan. Generally this can be considered one of the best releases available, especially now it's available at a budget price there's no excuse for not watching Warrior Two in all its glory.

DVD Reviewed by Gareth Prior

DVD Deltamac[ NTSC, All Region ] :

There is now two versions of this movie already available, the old WA version features a widescreen transfer, but doesn’t have the original Cantonese audio track. This Deltamac version is the best version so far with a decent Widescreen transfer, though it suffers from a lot of scratches and artifacts, but at least the image is still very clear. The DD 5.1 is also in Original Cantonese and the removable English subtitles are of decent quality. There are no extras on the DVD. On a side note, at the moment, Hong Kong Legends plans to release this title soon. Fox apparently also plans to have a release in North America as well.

Reviewed by Janick Neveu

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