Beach of the war gods 1973, directed by jimmy wang yu. Terry lives in brownsburg, indiana with his wife, tonya, and their two children. War and peace is a commendable attempt to boil down tolstoys long, difficult novel into 208 minutes screen time. When hangchow city was occupied, the generals cousin hsiao feng, a fencing masterhand, went to rescue his uncle but failed. This is the basic setup for beach of the war gods, an antijapanese, patriotic movie written and directed by jimmy wang yu for golden. His 1972 followup beach of the war gods was even better, he seemed more at ease swinging a sword instead of his arms.
Wang yu the original onearmed swordsman who wrote, directed and stars in the film, shows skill in shaping individual shots and keeping the project which took three. Unfortunately, some things happened that slowly caused wangs decline. There are lots of intense sound and light effects to keep the audience scared, along with ray and rachel. Beach of the war gods 1973, hk is a martial arts film directed by raymond chow. God of war is a spectacularly miscalculated historical epic. Both the chinese boxer and especially one armed boxer, the film he made with golden harvest after he broke his contract with shaw brothers, are similar in both tone and plot to other wangyu films. Its rare that one gets to come into a movie knowing next to nothing about it and this one paid off. Sun chung made a pseudo remake of yojimbo with his 1979 film the kung fu instructor. Released 1965, war gods of the deep stars vincent price, tab hunter, david tomlinson, susan hart the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. When rest of the arms rushed into the town, the chinese people fought against them hard. Whats the story in ancient greece, the spartan warrior kratos tackles mythological beasts including medusa, cyclops and the hydra on his quest to. Price is the captain overseeing a group of sailors who have lived there for more than a century where the.
In fact, beach of the war gods ranks among the finest martial arts epics of its era. Martin smith and mark ellis on russia and the second world war, luke sorba on the balkan wars, and jane moth on the bright side of dads army anne perkins joshing about the british publics admiration of dads army a dads army brexit looms. We thought why dont we add a bit of a challenge to this day and watch the enemy side of the story about that particular event in. The action scenes are great and that climatic face off is epic. Beach of the war gods 1973 directed by jimmy wang yu. The everuncharismatic jimmy wang yu stars in this modern day 1973. The plot is based on general qi jiguangs suppression of the wokou pirates during the ming dynasty. And while beach of the war gods doesnt tread any new ground, it is done on an incredible scale. Wargods of the deep 1965 jacques tourneur allmovie. Its a historical swordplay adventure set in 1556, when japanese pirates made frequent raids on the chinese coastline. At heart the film is not really racist so much as fiercely patriotic, not too different from an american revolutionary epic or a world war two flagwaver. God of war movie writers talk adapting sonys popular.
City under the sea released as wargods of the deep in the us is a 1965 science fiction film. A chinese film that seems influenced by tokusatsudaimajin films. They dared the most fantastic journey that has ever challenged imagination the plot concerns the discovery of a lost city beneath the sea off the coast of cornwall. I went in with low expectations and was hoping for at least some nice underwater scenes. Wargods of the deep is a weaker film from jacques tourneur. Beach of the war gods 1973 a knight rallies humble fishermen to fight japanese pirates. Staring tab hunter, vincent price, susan hart and david tomlinson. Beach of the war gods 1973 the movie database tmdb. War of the gods is an album by soul singer billy paul. Beach of the war gods 1973 trailer 3 minutes youtube.
The albums lead single i adore you was originally featured on the soundtrack to the film mo money. God of war movie writers talk adapting sonys popular video game. God of war is a 2017 chinese historical war film directed by gordon chan and starring vincent zhao, sammo hung, and yasuaki kurata. Berating the tv audience for supposedly accepting the idea that it was the dunkirk spirit and. The single thanks for saving my life was a top 40 hit, reaching number 37 on the pop chart and was a top10 soul record reaching. Yu collection the tattooed dragon, one armed boxer, beach of the war gods. June 1967 and the making of the middle east 2001 michal oren six days. Steven spielbergs new film munich, about the aftermath of the murder of 11 israeli athletes at the 1972 olympic games, is released tomorrow amid a firestorm of controversy. In this clone of 3d fighting game mortal kombat 4, an ancient being brings together 10 warriors from various planes of existence to fight to the death over a mystical star ore which grants ultimate power. War gods of the deep, wargods of the deep, city under the sea, the city under the sea. Beach of the war gods 1973 during the last days of the ming dynasty, the coast of southeast china was at the mercy of marauding of japanese pirates. William holden is a korean war submarine commander who is haunted by his memory of the last day of world war ii, when, as an exec, he saved his boat by crash diving while the captain was on the bridge. Beach of the war gods the grindhouse cinema database. He is currently completing a book on the films of larry cohen.
Loosely based on a poem by edgar allan poe, this fantasy adventure set on the cornish coast in victorian england, has a group of people. Strategys the star in god of war, gordon chans historical action film about a ming dynasty commander intent on beating a superior force of. Released in 1973, the album reached number 12 on the billboard soul chart and number 110 on the pop chart. Unfortunately, the underwater scenes were the most slow and boring in the film. Action film showing a submarine rescue using the mccann rescue chamber and momsen lung. Bruce discovered how much he enjoyed entertaining when he emceed a junior high dance in 8th grade.
Old all the wang yu movies, beach of the war gods comes together in a way that truly raised. Beach of the war gods and one armed boxer are both badass movies. War movies 1979 every war movie coming out in 1979. The film is a thinly veiled remake of seven samurai, to the extent of its chief villain being.
He is now in his first feature film, the war within, portraying mind. Download for free on all your devices computer, smartphone, or tablet. Get ready for four highoctane films featuring martial arts sensation jimmy wang yu. In beach of the war gods, an actionpacked hong kong swordplay adventure from 1972, jimmy wang yu rallies three fighters to help lead the men of a chinese beach town in battle against the invading japanese. When they knew that the enemys army carrying the provender would arrive in 7 days, they decided to annihilate them in the beach of the war gods and arranged everything well there. Wargods of the deep on dvd 027616868497 from mgm ua. War movies 1973 every war movie coming out in 1973. Seen here in this excellent drone video, point vicente light and its surroundings were used as a primary filming location for the 2017 world war ii film dunkirk.
Everything you need to know about god of war movie. Director 11 films the chinese boxer 1970 the brave and the evil 1971 the sword 1971 onearmed boxer 1972 beach of the war gods 1973 four real friends 1974 the man from hong kong 1975 onearmed boxer vs. Beach of the war gods 1973 071973 hk action, war 1h 40m user score. How exactly did the makers of dismal chinese war drama god of war mess up a surefire premise like 16th century samurai pirates vs. How the 1967 war shaped the middle east 2005 jeremy bowen domestic politics. Jimmy wang yu in zhan shen tan 1973 zhan shen tan 1973. One of the fighters is an expert knife thrower and comes with his own arsenal. As many of you know, today all local tv channels and some cable tv will be showing a lot of war movies.
The visual effects are, unsurprisingly, excellent, and seamless alongside the actors. It was recorded in january 1973 at windrosedumonttime studios. This time the protagonists are a group of chinese villagers who must band together to recruit outside help to defend themselves against marauding japanese pirates demanding protection money. Beach of the war gods 1973 stars jimmy wang yu onearmed swordsman, the chinese boxer, who also wrote and directed the film. Beach of the war gods zhan shen tan 1973 3 minute trailer yu wang, han hsieh, fei lung, mao shan golden harvest company, hong kong the famous swordsman hsia feng gathers five other fighters and. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. As japanese pirates are raiding up and down the chinese coast, a general gathers together some men and. These films tend to be either very good or on par and this one is very much on par. Beach of the war gods, 1973, shaw brothers star jimmy wang yu is in front and behind the camera in this martial arts extravaganza, featuring all different forms of combat, swordplay, hand to hand, an assortment of deadly weapons. War of the worlds runs its catandmouse game very smoothly, with just enough suspense to make you wonder if the characters will really be killed. It was on to high school, college, and community theater productions from. For starters, the films creators dont let hung, the charismatic and highly influential martial arts star and choreographer, do anything.
Wargods of the deep photos view all photos 5 movie info. A spartan warrior faces off against mythological creatures in an effort to defeat ares, the god of war. He neither captured kurosawas brilliance or fully demonstrated his own, and its one of his weaker films. Price is the captain overseeing a group of sailors who have lived there for more than a. In collaboration with rca records, beach of the war goddess was released outside of europe through emi records on 23 february 1993. Discover top rated, most viewed, and editorial picked war at sea movies on allmovie. It was released in the united states in mandarin and japanese with english subtitles on june 2, 2017. Bangladesh war documentary 1971, full film on vimeo. This is bangladesh war documentary 1971, full film by bangladesh muktijuddho on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. It all leads quickly to a massive battle in the town streets. I generally think of sun chung as a superior director to wang yu, but with beach of the war gods wang yu offers a much more compelling fusion of hong.
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