Knockabout (1979) is a movie in my DVD collection that I recently rewatched on Prime. The storyline follows a pair of young friends looking for direction in life. While stealing resources to survive they meet a martial arts master that teaches them martial arts. When they discover he's actually a bad guy they try to escape only to have to face him.
This movie is directed by and stars Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (The Victim) and also stars Biao Yuen (The Prodigal Son), Chia-Yung Liu (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) and Ka-Yan Leung (The Victim).
Everything about this movie is amazing. The cast delivers outstanding performances in both martial arts, comedy and character development. The choreography is out of this world and does a great job of mixing in hand to hand combat, weapons and random objects. The training scenes are also very well done and it was fun seeing animals mixed into the martial arts characteristics all the way to the final fight. The storyline is also very smart and clever, especially for the martial arts genre.
Overall, this is an underrated material arts gem that's an absolute must see. I would score this a 10/10 and strongly recommend it.
This movie is directed by and stars Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (The Victim) and also stars Biao Yuen (The Prodigal Son), Chia-Yung Liu (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) and Ka-Yan Leung (The Victim).
Everything about this movie is amazing. The cast delivers outstanding performances in both martial arts, comedy and character development. The choreography is out of this world and does a great job of mixing in hand to hand combat, weapons and random objects. The training scenes are also very well done and it was fun seeing animals mixed into the martial arts characteristics all the way to the final fight. The storyline is also very smart and clever, especially for the martial arts genre.
Overall, this is an underrated material arts gem that's an absolute must see. I would score this a 10/10 and strongly recommend it.