#magnificent warriors

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Michelle Yeoh in an Indiana Jones style adventure as a daring secret agent during the Second Sino-Japanese War, who intervenes to defend a remote mountain town from occupying Japanese forces. Magnificent Warriors (1987)

Trailer https://youtu.be/1mHBC7hRV3A

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Michelle Yeoh - Magnificent Warriors (1987)

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Movie Review | Magnificent Warriors (Chung, 1987)

As far as Indiana Jones ripoffs go, this is a lot better than Firewalker. Mostly because it does a great job imbuing the period adventure setting with classic Hong Kong style action. Old timey machine guns, ropes as whips, etc. And it avoids the tonal whiplash common in Hong Kong cinema, something I’ve acquired a taste for, but might mesh poorly with this kind of movie. 

Michelle Yeoh looks really cool in all her adventurer outfits, and this is one of Richard Ng’s more dignified, digestible roles. There is no attempting to creep on female characters while mistakenly thinking he’s nude from a spell he cast, no scheming to grope a female character in any seemingly interminable scenes. None of that here. For those you’ll have to watch the Lucky Stars movies. And shake your head as you watch them lest someone think you’re endorsing all the hilarity onscreen. 

I will say that aside from those two I found the other characters pretty forgettable. Actually I did like Lau Chin-Dai, but mostly because she’s cute as a button. I’ll also say that the score is a tad repetitive and depending on your mood might end up driving you up a wall. And the rural environment and pacing mean that it lacks the tightness and claustrophobia of David Chung’s Royal Warriors, but it still has plenty of character.

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"Men are such a pain in the ass!"

I liked the part with the pigeon.

Flawless badass Michelle Yeoh beats the hell out of people with incredibly choreographed martial arts. She's just so effortlessly cool, I don't see how anyone couldn't love her. The Indiana Jones comparisons are obvious, but beyond the leather jacket and the whip the similarities end.

Michelle Yeoh obviously stole the show, but Lau Chin-Dei was surprisingly cool and had some impressive fight skills too. I also quite enjoyed Richard Ng's con-artist character, who brought a lot of laughs and ended up proving himself in a satisfying little arc.

A lively adventure movie for the most part, with solid action sequences and good comedic relief. There was a great bit where a guy shot a flaming arrow through a Japanese rising sun flag, into the officer waving it around. The ending was kind of a bummer though, with everyone celebrating a weirdly Pyrrhic victory. 

Great fun. Highly recommended.

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Magnificent Warriors (1987) dir. David Chung

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Piccolo Jr. Appreciation Post

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Gay people will literally find the most irrelevant piece of media on this planet and make it their entire personality.

(its me im gay people)

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Bracket A Round 2 Matchup 1

Propaganda is allowed and highly encouraged

May the best catboy win!

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Idk just some doodles.

Dynasty Warriors but I remind Koei that Lü Bu had a wife that isn’t Diao Chan. She probably wasn’t a buff 6ft+ Malay lady who crushes weaklings under her shoes but idc he’d totally be into that.

You can’t convince me he wouldn’t be enthusiastically doing whatever would make the women in his life happy.

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Day 307: this might be objectively the most incomprehensible drawing ive ever put on this account and the fucked up part is if u knew the context it'd all make sense.

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agito gets me so feral sometimes i just need to eat it

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I'm going to a Renaissance fair with my boyfriend and his buddies tomorrow purely on a whim. Never been to one, so I have no idea what to expect, but will keep everyone posted!

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SURPISE! it's my little pfp guy

his name was Volepaw when he was alive

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Oakspot

Snowsmoke

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the deep bitter struggle of wanting to watch a movie in its original language but the only versions you can find are bad dubs 😭🙃

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NICE

Forget about canon, I want Kyoshi Warrior Ursa.