r/kungfucinema

I rewatched this film last night after many moons. I truly forgot about how brutal this film is. Brutal fights scenes with blades and hand to hand combat. Clearly some of the fight scenes were unrealistic - 1 man against 15 people etc, but boy were they well done. The were very creative with their camera angles - fight scene in the armored car and the camera angle from the elevator scenes are a few that come to mind. I don't think I have seen anything this brutal since Riki Oh. While this movie was slightly over the top it was not a turnoff at all. Both male and female fighters were tough as nails. I think the credits indicated Iko choreographed the fight scenes. He literally killed it. The stars (Iko, Taslim) as well as the secondary characters (for example white boy Bobby, etc) were indestructible, these guys just would not die. LOL. What a great film. Decent story line, top notch choreography, solid acting, and brutal fighting. What more could you ask for. For those of you who saw The Furious how does this film compare from your perspective? In my opinion, The Furious was decent but is not in the same league as the Night Comes for Us. For those of you who saw the The Furious and have not seen The Night, you should catch it on netflix or wherever else it is playing. You might be in for a treat. I wonder if they have the outtakes somewhere like Jackie's films, because I want to know how many people were injured during filming. HK stuntmen have a earned a reputation for taking a beating, but boy these Indonesian stunt people and I guess the Thai ones from Tony Jaa movies are next level.