The relatively unknown Shaolin Plot, made in 1977, is one of the hidden gems of the martial arts movie genre. Directed by Huang Feng, best known for directing classics featuring Angela Mao Ying, it has high production values, choreography by Sammo Hung Kam-bo and a clever storyline based on a novel by prolific screenwriting star Ni Kuang. The Post talked.
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Winners and Sinners, My Lucky Stars, and Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars, a trio of lowbrow comedies with martial arts scenes, were big Hong Kong cinema hits in the early 1980s.
Directed by Sammo Hung Kam Bo, who also starred in them, the films mixed comic actors such as John Shum Kin Fun and Eric Tsang Chi Wai with martial arts stars, and gave a lot of screen time to Jackie Chan. The stories feature Hung as the leader of a gang of ex-cons working on the right side of the law, with some help from Chan, who plays a cop.