A Ermitã do Kung Fu

The Lady Hermit is pretty straightforward martial arts stuff, so I can keep the review brief. I could only find the English dub, which hurt the film a little, but I'm not marking it down for any feeling of incoherence caused by the dub. However, I do wonder whether it would've also been a bit nonsensical if I'd watched it in the original language and with subtitles.

But does that matter? The action generally delivers, with the bridge set piece near the end being particularly great (and I also wonder whether it influenced The Temple of Doom, or if Temple of Doom was merely referencing another film/serial with a big bridge collapse fight sequence).

It's also funny how whenever you watch an old martial arts movie, you're likely to find something that certainly - or potentially - influenced some scene or small moment in Kill Bill. I do love that duology, and it probably got me interested in eventually checking out more martial arts cinema when I first watched it, but it is remarkable how much Tarantino stole/borrowed from this wonderful genre when it was at its peak (the 1970s, essentially; let's face it).