La Légende de Fong Sai-Yuk

Titre original : Fong Sai-Yuk

1993
R
1h 40min

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Jet Li and Josephine Siao in La Légende de Fong Sai-Yuk (1993)

Dans la Chine ancienne, Fong Sai Yuk, un jeune expert en arts martiaux, court au secours de son père, engagé dans la résistance contre un empereur tyrannique.Dans la Chine ancienne, Fong Sai Yuk, un jeune expert en arts martiaux, court au secours de son père, engagé dans la résistance contre un empereur tyrannique.Dans la Chine ancienne, Fong Sai Yuk, un jeune expert en arts martiaux, court au secours de son père, engagé dans la résistance contre un empereur tyrannique.

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7,1/10

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Récompenses
- 3 victoires et 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
A comparison of the Hong Kong and American versions of Fong Sai-yuk illustrates the impact of Miramax's tinkering and its effect on the viewing experience. Directed by Corey Yuen Kuei and starring Jet Li, Fong Sai-yuk involves the youthful adventures of the titular hero, a legendary Cantonese martial artist who was trained by his mother and inspired several series of films. Miramax released its version on DVD through its Dimension label, re-titling it The Legend, cutting approximately ten minutes, and adding a new score and a English dubbed dialogue. An analysis of two sample scenes - one involving changes in music and dialogue, the other also featuring excised material - suggests that the American version is not only more taut, inoffensive, and consistent in tone than the Hong Kong original, but also offers a substantially different interpretation of character motivations and relationships. It is also simply not as funny.

Citations
Fong Sai-Yuk: [assaults "intruder"] Who are you?
Mother Fong: [removes disguise] I'm your mother.
Fong Sai-Yuk: Wow. Mom! You look just like a man!
Mother Fong: Yeah, and I just won Tiger Lu's daughter's hand in marriage.
Fong Sai-Yuk: Does Dad know?
Mother Fong: Nooo!

Crédits fous
In the original Hong Kong cut, the final scene has Tiger throwing the Red Flower scroll into the air where it unfurls. The closing credits then roll down a parchment labeled "Red Flower Society Name List", as if the entire cast and crew were members of it.

Versions alternatives
UK version was cut by 1 sec. for sight of real animal cruelty (horse tripped so that it falls forward onto head) due to BBFC policy and the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.

Connexions
Featured in The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002)

Bandes originales
Excerpts
from Shu gim yan sau luk (1976)

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Surprisingly good natured kung fu film

Essentialy a kung fu comedy, this film was quite enjoyable. Jet Li and especially Josephine Siao give good comic performances and the martial arts while extremely silly and unbelievable are very well done.

Two problems prevent this film from being a martial art classic for me. Director Corey Yuen or the cinematographer for some reason shot much of the film with medium shots with a wide angle lens. This has the effect of obscuring the action in the many fight scenes. The last thing anyone should do is obscure Jet Li moving around. Also the film starts with a very graphic fight scene and ends with several comic characters getting killed. This is very out of line with the lighthearted nature of the rest of the film.

Otherwise it's a great rental. Get it on DVD if you can.