Kung Fu VS Acrobatic

Kung Fu VS Acrobatic

DVD cover
Traditional 摩登如來神掌
Simplified 摩登如来神掌
Mandarin Mó Dēng Rú Lái Shén Zhǎng
Cantonese Mo1 Dang1 Jyu4 Loi4 San4 Zeong2
Directed by Taylor Wong
Produced by Jimmy Heung
Screenplay by Wong Jing
Starring Andy Lau
Natalis Chan
Joey Wong
Yuen Wah
Cutie Mui
Music by Lowell Lo
Sherman Chow
Cinematography David Chung
Gigo Lee
Chan Siu-kwan
Edited by Robert Choi
Production
company
Distributed by Newport Entertainment
Release dates
 21 July 1990 (1990-07-21)
Running time
 99 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK $11,160,216

Kung Fu VS Acrobatic is a 1990 Hong Kong martial arts fantasy comedy film directed by Taylor Wong and starring Andy Lau, Natalis Chan and Joey Wong. The film is a homage to the 1964 martial arts film Buddha's Palm which starred Cho Tat-wah, who also acts in a supporting role in this film.

Plot

Advertising company staff Mo Tak-fai and his friend Lai Chi are going to mainland China for a business trip during which Chi smuggled some relics which leads them being chased by the police and they strayed into a cave. Chi was bitten by a poisonous snake in the cave but was saved by medicine from hero Lung Kim-fei from centuries ago and shares it with Tak-fai. Not only does the medicine detoxifies Chi, it also gave Tak-fai and Chi internal strengths. There, they also rescue Princess Wan-lo and her maid Siu-man who were frozen for eight hundred years from the Yuan Dynasty while also allowing two-hundred-year-old evil martial arts expert Tin-chan escape.

Fai and Chi were skeptic about the things that happened a hundred years ago and they bring Princess Wan-lo and her maid to Hong Kong. Wan-lo was very clever and was able to adapt to modern in Hong Kong very quickly. On the other hand, in order to defeat Tin-chan, Wan-lo helps Tak-fai to learn the "Buddha's Palm" technique while Chi, due to poor qualifications, only excel at "Seven Rotary Slice" technique. Later, Tin-chan arrives and Tak-fai was defeated by him since he have not mastered the "Ten Thousand Buddhas" technique. Tin-chan forced Tak-fai to eat a silkworm, which can cause pain to people who ate it when Tin-chan slaps his drum which he carries on his waist.

The next day, Tin-chan was stealing money from an ATM in the bank and under the threat of Tin-chan, Tak-fai and Chi were forced to go to the boss' home and capture his family. Even the police were no match for Tin-chan. Later, they were saved by Wan-lo and Tak-fai was injured by Tin-chan while escaping. Fortunately, Tak-fai was healed by Yim Chan, the leader of the "Special Ability Performing Troupe" from China while also transferring world energy to him. A few days, later, Tak-fai finally masters the "Ten Thousand Buddhas" technique and uses it to cripples Tin-chan's martial arts ability and becomes a true hero.

Cast

Theme song

Box office

The film grossed HK $11,160,216 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 21 July to 11 August 1990 in Hong Kong.

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