Shanghai Express (1986)

[Xenorama ™]

Yasuaki Kurata ... Samurai
Biao Yuen ... Tsao Cheuk Kin
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo ... Fong-Tin Ching
Rosamund Kwan ... Chi
Kenny Bee ... Fook Loi
Lung Chan ... Firefighter / Security officer
Olivia Cheng ... Siu-Hon
Kar Lok Chin ... Firefighter / Security Officer
Emily Chu ... Bo
Fat Chung ... Bandit
Deborah Dik
Mei Sheng Fan ... Bandit (as Mei-Sheng Fan)
Hou Hsiao ... Firefighter / Security Officer
Jang Lee Hwang ... Yukio Fushiki
Phillip Ko
Ching-Ying Lam ... Security officer
Billy Lau ... Train Captain
Chau Sang Lau ... Fireman, security officer
Chia Yung Liu ... Kang
Hoi Mang ... Security officer / convict (as Randy Mang)
Richard Ng ... Han
Richard Norton ... Bandit
Yukari Ôshima ... Samurai
Cynthia Rothrock ... Bandit
Kien Shih ... Master Sek
Lydia Shum ... Han's Wife
Po Tai
James Tien ... Yun Shiyu
Eric Tsang ... Jook Bo
Yu Wang ... Master Wong
Dick Wei ... Bandit
Fung Woo ... Mayor Yi
Ma Wu ... Security officer / convict
Bolo Yeung ... Cameo
Tak Yuen
Wah Yuen ... Security officer / convict

look at that all star cast! i didn't know that was Wang Yu as Wong Kei-ying in this movie. or that was Hwang Jang-lee as a samurai.

anyway, while it takes a while to get going, that final 30 minutes for the wrap up with fights is just awesome. the bumps these performers take are amazing. it's too bad Yukari didn't get to fight Cynthia at any point.

so i'd love to love this movie completely, since much of the comedy is funny, it could use a bit more balance overall- more fights to break up the comedy.

[hman]

I was disappointed the first time I saw it; I wasn't accustomed to Sammo's 1980s style of direction (i.e. taunt the viewer with a little bursts of action and then go all out in the finale). The finale, however, is pretty much pure magic.