Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon (1990) [w/Commentaries]

Director: Chia-Yung Liu
Writer: Kwok Chi Tsang
Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Karl Maka, Ming Yan Lung

Sammo Hung invokes the spirit of Bruce Lee in this high-energy action-tribute, playing a cop obsessed with the physical legacy of “The Little Dragon”.

Teaming up with the infamous “Skinny Tiger” (Karl Maka – the Aces Go Places series), Sammo becomes the larger ‘half’ of a luck-starved, crime fighting duo forced to fight a running battle against a crime syndicate of triad gangsters.

Combining brilliantly choreographed fight sequences and infectious physical comedy, this tour-de-force comedy-adventure showcases incredible action tributes to the films of Bruce Lee. Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon makes its UK debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration!



Commentary tracks:
– Commentary One - in this new commentary, Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist/actor Robert "Bobby" Samuels go down memory lane and provide an enormous amount of information about the many people that made Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon and their careers, and discuss the creative environment during the late '80s and early '90s (and explain specifically why a similar film with the same sense of humor can no longer be made), the choreography of various action sequences, etc.
– Commentary Two - in this new commentary, action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema, both very big fans of Hong Kong action films, recall their first viewing experiences with Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon and reveal the long lists of reason that supposedly make the film a minor genre classics. (The two biggest and most obvious ones are of course its total immunity to political correctness and entertaining action). As expected, there is plenty of interesting information about the careers of the people that contributed to the film as well as the state of the local film industry during the late '80s and early '90s. It is a casual but very entertaining commentary that is very much worth listening to in its entirety.

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