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Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Blistering performances.

Review: This is another comedic movie starring Jackie Chan, which sees him battling against the various baddies, to protect the Evergreen Jade, which is an invaluable magic potion. The movie seemed a bit silly because Chan is learning to fight whilst reading the moves and fighting against the baddies and I must admit, I did get confused with who was who after a while. Because of the movies age, you can't fault it for it's authenticity but the Kung Fu wasn't that great. Chans acting wasn't too bad but the silly action scenes, which seemed more like the old Charlie Chaplin movies, did go on forever. The other weird thing about this film, is that the characters seemed too be fighting for no reason and the martial arts scenes did seem a bit slow, for a Jackie Chan movie. There's none of those magnificent stunts that we have grown to love from Chan but there are a few watchable action scenes towards the end. With that aside, the dubbing was quite funny and Chan did stand out from the rest, at such a young age. Average!Round-Up: This dated movie was directed by Chi-Hwa Chen who brought you movies like Police Story, Shaolin Wooden Men, 36 Crazy Fists and Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin, which all starred Jackie Chan. He didn't do anything amazing with this film, in terms of originality or new styles but for it's time, he done the best with what he had. I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/martial arts/comedies starring Jackie Chan, Chung-Erh Lung and Jeong-Nam Kim. 3/10

half a loaf of kung fu was made before snake in the eagles shadow, so technicly this is the first of jackie chan's action comedies, and while it isn't as good as 'snake in the eagles shadow', it is an enjoyable movie none the less, it offers some funny comedy and good fight scenes, even though some of the humour is very immature, but as an early showcase for jackie chan's style of movie making, half a loaf of kung fu is a fine place to start. and i recommend it to people that want to check out his early work, just don't expect 'drunken master' cus this is a whole different kettle of fish, even jackie chan says this movie is worht a watch, who am i to argue, i recommend

This one is set in old China, and we follow Chan's character as he tries to achieve something that I never worked out. It's a fairly confusing Kung-fu movie with few highlights. However, it has a certain charm or naivety that others in this class lack.Jackie Chan is severely under-used, and his character is inconsistent. However, he is the most interesting in the film (except maybe for the mysterious beggar who tries to help him between relieving himself). His Kung-fu is obviously under direction from somebody else, as there is little of the intelligent choreography that he so often employs.The historical accuracy is forgotten in favour of any action it tries to serve up, which is a respectable amount. but a lot of it is hampered by poor camera direction and editing.All that said, there is still something quite appealing about this one, and I know I'll have the urge to put in on again sometime. The lo-fidelity (once you've acquired a taste) is almost complimentary to the film.

After viewing this movie, which was purchased for six bucks, I'm really not sure what to say. There were times where I felt like turning it off, but there must have been some subliminal messages telling me not to. I'm still shocked I watched the whole thing. The fight scenes are ok, they get better as the movie progresses, the plot/script on the other hand...oh man. I think they just made it as they went along and as they were filming random people were like "hey can I have a part?" and the director was like "sure, you are now Man with Scythe, and your motivation is that Jackie Chan killed your son and know you want to kill him, so you are just gonna be walking around and happen to meet Jackie who has just completed his training where he learned all but three of his techniques from reading a book." All in all I think everyone should see this movie...once.