Sammo hung kambo celebrity profile check out the latest sammo hung kambo photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. You can see some of the fights from the show in the video above as well as the sammo hung vs. Lo tung starts to develop a relationship with a young attractive girl named ping, who is an apprentice baker of a man named fong a desperate old man, old enough to be. This film is very reminiscent of the rambo sequels. Feb 16, 2017 heres a compilation of my favorite sammo hung fight scenes. Sammo is lo tung, a pedicab driver in the 1930s who has tremendous fighting skill. You get that gritty 80s action feel with the melodrama turned up high. By the mid 90s, things had cooled down between hung and chan. Preceding walker, texas ranger, the show, executive produced and occasionally directed by stanley tong, proved successful, appealing to the same demographics as walker.
Nearly 40 years ago, martial arts legend sammo hung pioneered the industrys signature subgenre the hopping vampire thriller and helped kick off the new wave of the 1980s. The movies ive watch today was the magnificent butcher by sammo hung. See more ideas about sammo hung, hong kong cinema, martial arts actor. Rush hour tv series trailer reminds me how much i liked. So consider this as a work in progress and come back from time to time since it will be updated regularly. To paraphrase pulp fiction, i wouldnt go so far as to call the brother fat. Pedicab driver 1989 sammo takes revenge for friends lost in this classic spooky encounters 2 1990 the sequel to the original,which is as good as the first the gambling ghost 1991 sammo takes on three roles in this rare flick. He has been a fight choreographer for, amongst others, jackie chan, king hu, and john woo. What always impressed me is how damn agile hung was. Shop movies starring sammo hung on dvd, vhs, and rare video formats at alibris. Pedicab driver is another 80s film pumped out by hong kong movie legend sammo hung. Id seen some of the three brothers stuff he did with jackie chan and yuen biao, and a bit of his us tv series martial law.
Find films and movies featuring sammo hung on allmovie. Pedicab driver with sammo hung pedicab driver is another 80s film pumped out by hong kong movie legend sammo hung. Kwan lung hei fung is a 1989 hong kong martial arts film directed by and starring sammo hung, who portrays the leader of a crew of cycle rickshaw drivers in 1930s macau. Sammo hung oli nuoruudessaan jackie chanin ja yuen biaon koulutoveri kiinalaisessa oopperaakatemiassa. Jackie ja yuen olivat sammoa nuorempia, joten he pitivat sammoa isoveljenaan, vaikka sammo piti kovaa kuria akatemiassa.
His films have always been tonal tornadoes whipping wildly between amazing fights, and pedicab driver feels like the ultimate refinement of the form. Sammo hung bio, age, height, wife, children, young, career. Sammo hung sammo hung born 7 january 1952, also known as hung kambo, is a hong kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and hong kong action cinema. Heres a compilation of my favorite sammo hung fight scenes. A man with a sword fights a couple of men from hong kong movie pedicab driver. Samuel fuller, pierrot le fou before kungfu panda there was sammo hung, who is a burly martial arts action star, and in pedicab driver a five star director who knows how to throw his weight around without missing a beat. Donnie yen fight in ip man 2, which shows how well sammo can move despite his size. A man fights a group of men from hong kong movie pedicab driver. Directed and starring sammo hung, pedicab driver is a great vehicle for the seasoned luminary of the hong kong movie business, and this is one of his many great movies. Pedicab driver with sammo hung martial arts action movies. Aside from the famous fight between sammo laukarleung theres also a wonderfully weird star wars homage where two rival pedicab drivers duke it out with florescent bulbs.
As a weird emo haired martial artist in the jungles of vietnam. Undaunted, hung kept on working on both sides of the camera in such films as 1989s pedicab driver, widely noted as one of the best martial arts films ever. Lo tung and his friend malted candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of macao, have both fallen in love. With sammo kambo hung, siu chung mok, hoi mang, lung chan.
Sammy hung appeared as the nemesis to nicholas tse s character in the 2007 television series wing chun, a remake of the original series broadcast in 1994, and the. The movie features guest appearances by eric tsang, corey yuen and lau karleung. Martial law sammo law 19982000 walker, texas ranger sammo law 2000 no problem 1999. Pedicab driver is a 1989 hong kong martial arts film directed by and starring sammo hung, who. The movie mixes in the classic martial arts action weve come to expect from sammo hung and yuen biao with some pretty cool gunfights. Sammo hung stars as the head of a group of sworn brothers who happen to work as pedicab drivers and help each other out when it is needed including fighting with the cargo haulers in the very first scene or helping out one of their friends who is down on their luck.
Sammo hung born 7 january 1952, also known as hung kambo, is a hong kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and hong kong action cinema. See more ideas about sammo hung, martial arts and martial arts movies. He has been a fight choreographer for other actors such as jackie chan. Valmistuttuaan akatemiasta sammo siirtyi stuntmieheksi, koska kiinalaisen oopperan suosio oli laskussa. Pedicab driver just might be sammo hung s magnum opus. Filmography sammo hung sammo hung like jackie chan is a very busy guy in the film industry as an actor, director and fight choreographer.
Sammo lives with his aunt who is renting out their property to a bakery. Hung kept on working on both sides of the camera in such films as 1989s pedicab driver, widely noted as one of the best martial arts films ever. In 1998, cbs surprised many by scheduling martial law, a onehour comedydrama built around hung on saturday nights. List of 30 sammo hung movies to enjoy asian movie pulse.
Timmy hung has appeared alongside his father in spl. Sammo hung born hung kam po, 7 january 1952 is a hong kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and hong kong action cinema. Sammo was the action coordinator on chans thunderbolt 1995 and directed 1997s mr. Martial arts star sammo hungs 5 best movie fight scenes. Martial law is an americancanadian actionadventure comedy series that aired on cbs from september 26, 1998, to may, 2000, and was created by carlton cuse.
Martial law even crossed over with chuck norris walker, texas ranger and pit sammo hung against billy blanks mr. Pedicab driver just might be sammo hungs magnum opus. Find release information for pedicab driver 1989 sammo hung on allmovie. Sha po lang, legend of the dragon, and kung fu chefs, as well as having a recurring role in sammos series, martial law. I got no more words for my love of sammo hungs career. Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the hong kong new wave movement of the 1980s, helped. Officer huang tsungpo, the father as sammo hung shanghai shanghai 1990.
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