The Movies That Moved Me: Yuen Woo-Ping’s SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW
The first earliest Jackie Chan film I’d ever seen during the VHS era.
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SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW Blu-Ray Slithers With Its High-Flying Kung Fu Grip In March From 88 Films
It’s no overstatement to say or suggest the 1970s gave way to a bumpercrop of kung fu cinema legends, no less including Master Yuen Woo Ping whose 1978 kung fu comedy classic, Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow, has certainly stood the test of time. It was definitely a film that got me keen on invading my local video store’s Asian VHS isle on a near-regular basis following action star Jackie Chan’s phase-three breakout role in New Line Cinema’s Rumble In The Bronx, reigniting crossover kung fu fan fervor in the late 1990s. Since then, the film has endured a raft of physical media releases of various kinds and now, 88 Films is stepping up to the plate with its own committment to a Blu-Ray rollout of the film on March 29, bolstering its current collection of Jackie Chan classics. For all that and more, they’ve unleashed a brand new trailer […]
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