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Last Hurrah for Chivalry (John Woo, Hong Kong, 1979)

  • The House 126 Dartmouth Park Hill London, England, N19 5HS United Kingdom (map)
John Woo’s promising, sporadically brilliant early feature offers a pristine window on a future master learning his craft...
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Evil kung-fu master, Pak (Hoi Sang Lee) crashes the wedding of a wealthy scholar, Kao Pang (Lau Kong), slaughtering guests and leaving Kao desperate for revenge. Unable to confront the warrior himself, Kao ultimately hires two mercenaries, Chang San (Wai Pak) and Tsing Yi (Damian Lau), to fight his battle for him... Before he became known as the master of the bullet-riddled heroic tragedy, John Woo sharpened his trademark themes and kinetic action choreography with this whirlwind spectacle.