The Young Master (1980)

Young master 1980 I got the platinum edition which is remastered well for a old film. Jakie is in a story of fighting against people in a martial art school with a hard master the film is traditional with semi realistic elements in it , Jakie gets involved with a rivalry clan who step by step threat the school of his , the film is funny as its a comedy and the fighting is not present only now and again .the young master is a dull film and takes on too much humor and less arts this could have been better if it was a classic but its same in its boring formula but the trademark of Jakie takes on several funny characters like yuan Biro which adds fun as the film doesn't get better then and Somme hung would make these films better . The scene which makes this a film to view is a one on one fight with hang in Sui who does some nice hapkido , this is the only fight of Jakie's so far that's a different and fun fight to watch but it isn't really great as Jakie takes inhuman punishment .The young master is only worth viewing for its funny scenes and the rare surprise of hapkido after all its nothing that's worth paying loads a money out for like I did its a pain to get these films and a pain to get the best versions and even to get them at a reasonable price .

This is actually one of the better of the earlier Jackie Chan movies that I have had the fortune to watch. "The Young Master" is a nice and refreshing step in evolution in Jackie Chan's early movie career.The storyline in "The Young Master" is easy to follow, and it has just the right amount of action and comedy to make it enjoyable without being downright silly, as some of the earlier movie suffered under.However, there is a formula to the Hong Kong and Chinese movies that came out in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and "The Young Master" follows it straight to the point. An underdog has to fight against overwhelming odds, and his path is filled with perils, but also funny moments and situations. And at the very end, of course, there is a very long fight scene between the main character and the villain. Pretty straightforward and textbook step-by-step cinematography here.What really works in this movie is that compared to the older movies, then the martial arts seems more fluid here and better choreographed, coming of as series of proper fighting, whereas the older movies were often painstakingly step-by-step choreographed and it was showing that the martial artists were following a strict schedule of what to do and where to throw punches or kicks.As usual, then Jackie Chan manages to balance the scale between comedy and martial arts quite well, keeping the movie enjoyable and with just the right amount of slapstick comedy to make it funny.For me, then this is the movie that marks the evolution of the Jackie Chan that we see on the screen today, and "The Young Master" is a definite must have in any collection of fans of Jackie Chan or fans of martial arts in general.

Golden Harvest has been working on fresh ideas that while done in classic kung fu movie format, had elements that made their movies more modern and entertaining. This is one of their greatest movie starring Jackie Chan.Two kung fu schools competes in a lion dance contest. It's a very unusual lion dance with lots of amazing acrobatics. School Jackie Chan's in loses, and his brother takes the blame, and is dismissed from the school. The opponent school bullies Jackie's school, and the teacher takes it out on the students. Jackie is an orphan with his brother who's been raised by the school's master. He apologizes, and decides to leave but asks the master to not to take it out on the other students. Jackie then goes on a journey to search for his brother, and meets other experts that helps him to grow into a new master.Mixtures of story and kung fu is superb in this movie. It's old school, but there's also Jackie Chan element in it. He's showing the type of techniques that became signature Jackie Chan fight sequences. The quality is definitely higher because of Jackie Chan's involvement. If anyone else did this, this movie would have been just another kung fu movie.Defining Jackie Chan movie along with the "Drunken Master" that established him as the super star.

There are a few nice set pieces, including a Chinese lion dance near the start and a fight using a wooden bench of all things, but overall I was a bit underwhelmed to be honest.The story drags a bit in the middle and there isn't the usual quota of physical comedy and crazy stunts you'd expect from a Jackie Chan film to tide things over in the meantime. Also, the cameraman seems to have been on a caffeine rush during the filming of several scenes, as Young Master has the highest number of crash zooms per minute I've ever seen in a movie. There are a couple of scenes where the camera is rapidly zooming in and out almost constantly and seemingly at random, which is kinda distracting.Not a great place to start if you're new to Jackie Chan then, but it's an enjoyable enough way to pass the time if (like me) you're a Chan fan.