Adventure For Imperial Treasures- Many imperial treasures were stolen in the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and an investigation to recover these treasures has been underway ever since. This mission fell into the hands of ... more »Prince Feng Ko in the late Qing. He traced Li Lin, a suspect, to his secret cave in Mt. Chilien, where he was hiding from the officials. Li Lin escaped from Feng Ko's search and got away with the treasure map. Feng's troops caught up and killed both Li and his wife. Li's daughter was saved by a kung fu man, and his son was saved by a beggar. Li's son, Hsiao Ching, was taught kung fu by a monk with unmatchable skills. Hsiao Ching learned from the monk and was ready to avenge his parents' deaths. While Hsiao Ching was out for searching Prince Feng, Feng came and wounded the monk. Hsiao Ching came back with Yun Lan, a girl he met while searching for Feng. After fierce fighting, Hsiao Ching finally kills Feng - and the monk, in his last breath, gives Hsiao Ching some surprising information!
Fatal Flying Guillotines- During the Ching Dynasty, cruelty and greed oppressed the people. Prince Yun Ching, seeking to shore up his rule, has tried to make alliance with old master Wu. But, this great martial arts fighter who perfected -The Flying Guillotines- is reluctant to ally himself with such an evil man. Meanwhile, the monks of Shaolin Temple and a young fighter called Sun are looking for a sacred book stolen by the Prince. These terrible forces meet in a stunning battle during which Sun makes a shattering discovery. For him, the struggle has just begun.
Instant Kung Fu Man- A mischievous Shaolin disciple, Hsia Hu, uses trickery to graduate from the rigorous monastery without completing his martial training. His mentors, well aware, send the monk Hui Kang to keep an eye on him. Once outside, Hsia Hu soon discovers that people, mistaking him as his twin brother Hsiao Fu, a hardened criminal and Kung-Fu expert, treat him with both fear and respect. He, being too lazy to learn Kung-Fu, begins to relish his Instant Kung Fu Man image and impersonates his brother at every chance. Amusing events take a sinister turn, however, when Yi Lan, Hsia Hu's former accomplice and now sworn enemy, returns to settle a score with Hsia Hu. A duel between Hsia Hu and yi Lan becomes inevitable, at which point, Hsia Hu must decide whether he can afford his new identity or not. His decision leads to an entertaining and unexpectable outcome.« less
The first "Adventure for Imperial Treasures" stars Wang Tao as Lee Shou Ching the son of an architect Lee Lin who in turn is the last person still alive with the knowledge of the wherabouts of a huge treasure. Years earlier Lee Lin escaped death at the hands of an evil master named Feng Kei. Feng Kei and his men eventually find and kill Lee Lin though - which sends Lee Shou Ching on a mission of revenge - First learning beggar fist from a helpful beggar then learning secret kung fu techniques from a monk all the while looking for his lost sister and knowing that a showdown with Feng Kei is inevitable. very good 4 star movie In my opinion.
The second movie is "Fatal Flying Guillotines" starring Chen Sing and Carter Wong. Chen Sing plays a kung fu expert Wu who has mastered the Guillotines - he became ill when young and had to abandon his wife and son. He becomes sort of an evil recluse in a vaporous valley - while being courted to work for an evil prince and being hunted down by monks. Carter Wong plays his son- who was never told his fathers name and goes into action against the old man after being given a false cure for his mother (which results in her death). A solid movie but I did not enjoy as much as the other two. A solid 3-4 star movie in my opinion.
Movie 3 is "Instant Kung Fu Man" starring Hwang Jang Lee and John Liu among others. This movie is a tale of two brothers twins Hsiao Fu(a somewhat evil kung fu master and criminal) and his bumbling but intelligent brother Hsiao Hu (knows very little kung fu and is the opposite of his brother) Hsiao Fu sends his brother Hsiao Hu to the Shaolin temple to learn kung fu. Hsiao Hu after three years has not learned anything so he tricks the monks into letting him leave - the monks discover his trickery and send a top monk John Liu to bring him back. Hsiao Hu gets into all kinds of trouble and has to constantly pose as his brother - which in turn gets his brothers enemy played by Hwang Jang Lee on his trail and leads to an eventual showdown. a Very Good 4-5 star movie in my opinion. I especially enjoyed the fight scenes which pitted John Liu against Hwang Jang Lee(two of the best leg fighters in Kung Fu Movie history).
Overall a very good three movie set and much better than the vol.2 collection of the same name. "