That fan is actually made of cast iron with sharpened tip, so it functions both like a sharp weapon when opened and a blunt weapon when closed. You could actually see him slice off the hooks when open and use the blunt force to hit others' neck and head when closed. Effective and deadly.
The material is irrelevant, because physics does not allow ANY thin metal to do what that weapon is shown to do. So, there must be something outside of physics responsible in the story.
This movie is a romantised version of what actually happened in year 1905 London and year 1910 Penang. In year 1910 Penang, Sun Yat Sen was attending the Penang Conference（庇能會議）he was almost got himself assasinated by a Manchu loyalist. In reality, the Manchu loyalist was arrested by the pro Chinese Nationalist, and no one died.
Ahmad Tawakkal acttually no, in the movie, this guy just lost all his will to live due to sense of guilt and grieving for his family and lover, so he pretty much fight to die, to live his last as a head scholar of martial art
It was Yuen Woo-ping who said, essentially, “you have to make the character have a reason to fight in order for the fight to matter.” I’m paraphrasing of course, but out of all the martial arts fight I’ve seen in my life, this one has to be the most heart-wrenching because it encapsulates by the imagery and emotion alone, what it means to sacrifice-& likewise, displays what YWP said, entirely. Even when this master was down for a majority of his life, he chose to take a stand. Does his training precede him? Absolutely. But one could even argue that, because of his actions (or lack thereof), and ignorance/stubbornness (intentionally or not) throughout his life-they may still not be without consequence. In this case, his enemy brought their fight with advanced technology (hooks)-a bane to his “old ways” of training. The beauty of his training is the fact that he can adapt whilst remaining impartial to the pain, though it shows…and keep in mind, the mission. One could even say that what he did could be a commentary on what happens when a “bigger threat” comes forth, i.e. weapons to just hands and feet; bow and arrows to swords; guns to arrows, & so on. In an army, there can be great strength in one of its meekest members (esp. in battle). For this master, and many others who sacrificed themselves, they did the equivalent of jumping on the frag grenade to save the battalion. & if that isn’t the epitome of honorable, I don’t know what is
The plot is not like that. The character had incest with his stepmother at a young age. Then his father and stepmother all committed suicide and the whole family was destroyed. So he became a wandering beggar. That metal fan was his family's weapon, representing the family's glory. The old businessman bought the fan back for him, and he took it to fight for the revolutionaries and give his family a decent end. And he was freed from guilt. The real power of the fan lies in the sharp-edged blade. But he only opened it once at the last minute. It means that he committed suicide.
Xô Trung lừa dân, đàn em vào cối xay thịt. Gây chiến, giết chóc những nước thân thiện, văn minh. Xô Trung cùng vài đàn em nghèo đói, lạc hậu máu đánh Mỹ, Châu Âu đều chết như ngả rạ. ua-cam.com/video/AuTwXfxHOPs/v-deo.html
@@user-ej7mg8er8e your answer makes sense...i watched the movie a long time ago...i remember it as his father killed his step mother and disowned him after he had sex with her
They’re not really his friends. In fact out of all the “bodyguards”, he never actually met the others before. He only showed up because the old master requested him in return of his heirloom. He didn’t asked about the purpose or cared about their cause. The return of his family’s iron fan was the return of his glorious self and past
to be fair he did try to just walk past the Beggar without having to finish him (Probably out of respect for his might?) and even pointed his sword at Beggar telling him stop. Well after all that he got his pigtail grabbed and cut off and i think i read somewhere that is one of the greatest insult to a Manchu man so its kinda justified how he got pissed and acted like that.
The beggar was actually one of the Imperial Scholars For Martial Arts back in those days where the Imperial Manchu Court held contests to determine the champions of their lands. According to the movie story background, the beggar got the title at age 17 but subsequently fell into disgrace, shame and self-exile after he lusted after his father's newly-wed wife which destroyed his entire family and ruined his fortunes. The iron fan was his ancestral weapon but his skills were spectacularly different from most of the other characters in the movie because to be an Imperial Scholar For Martial Arts, he had to win numerous rounds against some of the greatest warriors from the Manchu Dynasty before the Imperial Manchu Court could formally bestow the title to him. If he did not waste his life drinking and smoking opium to punish himself for his sins, he might have easily fought off all the assassins and even the final villainous Manchu General as well.
난공쿠로 I've actually heard of both versions, Wu Zhuang Yuan and Wu Shao Cai, my pin yin is probably not correct for the latter. I speak cantonese, and watch cantonese movies quite a bit, rather than Mandarin. so the pinyin is not my strong suite. Also, I didn't see anywhere in the movie showing that the Manchu General was educated by the British.
@@danpt2000 I believe you meant Wu Xiu Cai 武秀才. To put it shortly, Zhuang Yuan(状元) is first place in the national examination, and Xiu Cai(秀才) is commonly referred to all scholars who took part in the examinations, regardless of rankings. Hence, the differentiation is important. First place and any examinee can be very very different in capabilities.
If u watch this whole movie. Its more than just good action but a very sad story behind it of how each hero even Donnie Yen sacrificed themselves for the sake of independence. I was tearing up as I watch them fighting for freedom. Its a very sad and emotional movie if you get the whole history behind it.
Superb action scene, showing a man who knows he's gonna die 99% but doesn't back down nevertheless. And rightfully so, he doesn't win after being slashed, stabbed, disemboweled and so on but goes down a righteous man. HOWEVER.... ...being the disgusting Gwai Lo i am, would back him up with brute and honourless firepower, just to even the odds a bit.
what a sad fate this master had.... imagine being rich and a talented/respected martial artist and end up in a life of such pain where ppl just see a useless begger.....his death was actually a coup de grace...he stood up and fought for smthing 1 last time.... which also ended his hell
That’s the hair of Manchuria. It’s a symbol of the Chinese people saying: yo this bitch believing in mythical shet and the warlords have fucked us enough. Yeah we gonna end this. More background these are assassins are trying to kill Sun yeet sin.( sorry for misspelling ) The guy holding them off intentionally filp the assassin off the buy time.
I want to say the General tried to avoid a fight with the Beggar in respects of his bravery and skills. Also, at the same time he would prefer a fair fight. Seeing as the Beggar was already so injured perhaps the General didn't see it as a fair fight. From the way the Beggar looked, the General would've easily killed the Beggar.
@@wymmyw8744 Right I see what you're saying. I'm not an expert on Chinese history but I am familiar with the Manchurian takeover but the point I was making was the beggar knew by doing that.. it would trigger him. He wanted to hold them off as much as he can.
They've been around since the 70s, probably could include the 60s, it was just wires and shit back then. I do have to say I'm quite disappointed so many people think this is the most awesome fight...it really isn't much.
5:18 me when I swear I'm about to tear up some cereal at 2 in the morning then come to the realization that ain't no damn milk left. I be mad, confused and hungry all at once.
In the Qing dynasty, the hair means the loyalty to the government. In that dynasty, numerous ppl died because of not willing to make that pigtail as the Qing government would kill those ppl. Therefore, cutting his pigtail is the greatest humiliation to him who devoted his whole life to the government.
"THE BEGGAR! IT'S THE BEGGAR!"
- Nicholas Tse delivered that line and I FELT IT
The part where he stood up on the corner of the rail and that church music started playing gave me chills. Like damn “Guardian sent from heaven”
One of my favorite martial arts scenes ever! This dude was EPIC!…🔥🔥🔥
That mans role is what we miss in today's movies... He brings the feelings of sympathy and sorrow.... It's heart felt than action entertaining
Agree he is the man I love in this movie....
This movie made me cry. Such an amazing story!
This is the real history. These people died for China's republicanism and secularization.
😢 Shed a couple too it was so Amazin TOP 5 DONNIE YEN MOVIE
I love how they guard Sun Yat Sen. Both Donnie Yen and Leon Lai are amazing here.
That fan is actually made of cast iron with sharpened tip, so it functions both like a sharp weapon when opened and a blunt weapon when closed.
You could actually see him slice off the hooks when open and use the blunt force to hit others' neck and head when closed. Effective and deadly.
Cast iron can't be made very sharp. Only good quality steel is capable of being sharp.
@@KamilKW If I'm not mistaken (cause, I haven't seen this movie in a very long time) the fan is also some sort of family heirloom.
@@blackolantern5666 Maybe. I can't remember now.
It could also be used as a shield too
The material is irrelevant, because physics does not allow ANY thin metal to do what that weapon is shown to do. So, there must be something outside of physics responsible in the story.
Thanks for uplouding this video🙏🙏🙏
Excellent timing . Great personality.
This movie is just outstanding in so many ways.
This movie is a romantised version of what actually happened in year 1905 London and year 1910 Penang. In year 1910 Penang, Sun Yat Sen was attending the Penang Conference（庇能會議）he was almost got himself assasinated by a Manchu loyalist. In reality, the Manchu loyalist was arrested by the pro Chinese Nationalist, and no one died.
Se esse filme é romantizado... O que será cruel???? Kkkkkk
This clips breaks my heart.
yes, very heart breaking, when considering the story line behind all of this. watch the whole movie, The Cung Le vs Donnie Yen fight was epic.
danpt2000 Agreed, incredible movie. Also he was and is maybe my favorite character in a movie ever and he goes out like an absolute beast.
the full movie, Bodyguards and Assassins 2009, on youtube.
the choreography is not as good as other fights, because the actor, Lai Ming, is not a seasoned martial artist.
Sexpon
This clip is very emotional, but I think it's one of Leon Lai's best movie fights.
Sorry, whats the movie's name broh?
This clip is from Bodyguards and Assassins. Another leon lai fight can be found in either An empress and the warriors or Seven Swords
the castings were AMAZING!
This is one of my very favorite movies. Fantastic fight scenes ,good story too.if you get a chance to see it, you'll love it too.
Пожалуйста скажите как называется фильм?
in the movie, this guy is out of shape and untrained in 10 years and still kick ass, can you imagine what he could do if he was at his peak
Exactly dude was out of shape and drinking for the last 10 years imagine if he would have been in Tip Top condition
Like ali when he came out of jail
maybe he has trained in hyperbolic time chamber for the last week
@@ahmadtawakkal5519 yeah..like son goku
Ahmad Tawakkal acttually no, in the movie, this guy just lost all his will to live due to sense of guilt and grieving for his family and lover, so he pretty much fight to die, to live his last as a head scholar of martial art
It was Yuen Woo-ping who said, essentially, “you have to make the character have a reason to fight in order for the fight to matter.” I’m paraphrasing of course, but out of all the martial arts fight I’ve seen in my life, this one has to be the most heart-wrenching because it encapsulates by the imagery and emotion alone, what it means to sacrifice-& likewise, displays what YWP said, entirely. Even when this master was down for a majority of his life, he chose to take a stand. Does his training precede him? Absolutely. But one could even argue that, because of his actions (or lack thereof), and ignorance/stubbornness (intentionally or not) throughout his life-they may still not be without consequence. In this case, his enemy brought their fight with advanced technology (hooks)-a bane to his “old ways” of training. The beauty of his training is the fact that he can adapt whilst remaining impartial to the pain, though it shows…and keep in mind, the mission. One could even say that what he did could be a commentary on what happens when a “bigger threat” comes forth, i.e. weapons to just hands and feet; bow and arrows to swords; guns to arrows, & so on. In an army, there can be great strength in one of its meekest members (esp. in battle). For this master, and many others who sacrificed themselves, they did the equivalent of jumping on the frag grenade to save the battalion. & if that isn’t the epitome of honorable, I don’t know what is
Mantap dan seru
Incredibly cogent reply. Thank you!
The plot is not like that. The character had incest with his stepmother at a young age. Then his father and stepmother all committed suicide and the whole family was destroyed. So he became a wandering beggar. That metal fan was his family's weapon, representing the family's glory. The old businessman bought the fan back for him, and he took it to fight for the revolutionaries and give his family a decent end. And he was freed from guilt.
The real power of the fan lies in the sharp-edged blade. But he only opened it once at the last minute. It means that he committed suicide.
Xô Trung lừa dân, đàn em vào cối xay thịt. Gây chiến, giết chóc những nước thân thiện, văn minh.
Xô Trung cùng vài đàn em nghèo đói, lạc hậu máu đánh Mỹ, Châu Âu đều chết như ngả rạ.
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@@user-ej7mg8er8e your answer makes sense...i watched the movie a long time ago...i remember it as his father killed his step mother and disowned him after he had sex with her
Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
I'm might sound stupid but this is the most beautiful Asian artist or Asian expendables ever seen very beautiful message to the world
Excelent kungfu! Thanks you!
Beautiful parable of he who gives his life for his friends.
They’re not really his friends. In fact out of all the “bodyguards”, he never actually met the others before. He only showed up because the old master requested him in return of his heirloom. He didn’t asked about the purpose or cared about their cause. The return of his family’s iron fan was the return of his glorious self and past
i love this film
yeah i really love this movie
the best kung fu fight scense I have ever seen
Parabéns pelos filmes apresentados muito obrigado
This is like taking a page from the old school kung fu thrown into the new school environment. soo cool!
This movie doesn’t show how heros die….it shows how heros “live” 😓 ✊
Incredible fight scene
Totally awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!👌
1 man VS 50
Great fight Leon Lai
Sad but fantastic. Best.
The Lonely Sad Warrior.... 🤧
Most spectacular scene...
I cry every absolute single time. The chills I get...
The guy at the end screams and acts all tough after his cronies did all the hard work.
Must be the supervisor.
to be fair he did try to just walk past the Beggar without having to finish him (Probably out of respect for his might?) and even pointed his sword at Beggar telling him stop. Well after all that he got his pigtail grabbed and cut off and i think i read somewhere that is one of the greatest insult to a Manchu man so its kinda justified how he got pissed and acted like that.
watched this part more than 10 times and this still give me the chills man. Master Liu is sooooooo badass here
WAAAAAAAAAH YOU CUT MY NEWLY RE BONDED HAIR.......!!!!!
His image still lodged in my head until today
The beggar was actually one of the Imperial Scholars For Martial Arts back in those days where the Imperial Manchu Court held contests to determine the champions of their lands.
According to the movie story background, the beggar got the title at age 17 but subsequently fell into disgrace, shame and self-exile after he lusted after his father's newly-wed wife which destroyed his entire family and ruined his fortunes.
The iron fan was his ancestral weapon but his skills were spectacularly different from most of the other characters in the movie because to be an Imperial Scholar For Martial Arts, he had to win numerous rounds against some of the greatest warriors from the Manchu Dynasty before the Imperial Manchu Court could formally bestow the title to him.
If he did not waste his life drinking and smoking opium to punish himself for his sins, he might have easily fought off all the assassins and even the final villainous Manchu General as well.
Treadstone Operative he definitely would have beatin all of them but he probably wouldn’t have been there in the first place
I love the character, because of that back story. I don't know the chinese words for it, but I think these martial champions were called Wu Shao Cai.
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I've actually heard of both versions, Wu Zhuang Yuan and Wu Shao Cai, my pin yin is probably not correct for the latter. I speak cantonese, and watch cantonese movies quite a bit, rather than Mandarin. so the pinyin is not my strong suite. Also, I didn't see anywhere in the movie showing that the Manchu General was educated by the British.
@@danpt2000 I believe you meant Wu Xiu Cai 武秀才. To put it shortly, Zhuang Yuan(状元) is first place in the national examination, and Xiu Cai(秀才) is commonly referred to all scholars who took part in the examinations, regardless of rankings. Hence, the differentiation is important. First place and any examinee can be very very different in capabilities.
What's the beggar's name?
there's so many good movies
This movie is one of my top 10 movies to date
Me too
Unfortunately, he couldn't stand the last five assassins and their capture hooks. Yet, the enemies' leader had to show himself finally.
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Its wonderful movie..
If u watch this whole movie. Its more than just good action but a very sad story behind it of how each hero even Donnie Yen sacrificed themselves for the sake of independence. I was tearing up as I watch them fighting for freedom. Its a very sad and emotional movie if you get the whole history behind it.
Where is the full movies
Agree. Most underrated movie
What's the name of the movie please
@@paulinusarchi4431 bodyguards and assassins
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The assassin general initially didn't want to kill him, as he respected him as a fellow kung fu master
Anyone else feels his pain besides me?
Superb action scene, showing a man who knows he's gonna die 99% but doesn't back down nevertheless.
And rightfully so, he doesn't win after being slashed, stabbed, disemboweled and so on but goes down a righteous man.
HOWEVER....
...being the disgusting Gwai Lo i am, would back him up with brute and honourless firepower, just to even the odds a bit.
Hilarious and Thanks .
Quite impressive😎😎
Excellent
You see son: he didn’t like to fight but then got hooked
My mans was like "u gon kill me mate?! Aight cool, I take your wig with me then"
Megumi Hayashida 😂🤣👍🏽
That's a wig?
Best of ever
I wonder if they sell a replica of his fan.it looks cool
damn severus snape good at fighting with fan
what a sad fate this master had.... imagine being rich and a talented/respected martial artist and end up in a life of such pain where ppl just see a useless begger.....his death was actually a coup de grace...he stood up and fought for smthing 1 last time.... which also ended his hell
When he got Cut a several time (near End of Video)
I think should be a Great if i combine it with Songs "Imagine Dragon - Believer"
There's always someone who gets his hair cut off and flips out in kung fu movies 😂
My mom cut off my long hair in 6th grade...well, getting long. I freaked out and didn't cut it till I was 22 hahahaha...so passed at her.
That’s the hair of Manchuria. It’s a symbol of the Chinese people saying: yo this bitch believing in mythical shet and the warlords have fucked us enough. Yeah we gonna end this.
More background these are assassins are trying to kill Sun yeet sin.( sorry for misspelling )
The guy holding them off intentionally filp the assassin off the buy time.
This is the real professor Snape.
his name is Leon Lai Ming
Nameless 黎明，mingli
Nameless did some say lemon
@@user-zx1vv4kv9o 照你这个逻辑，广东话“明”发音也不是“ming”啊，举报你这个扑街
Yea he is like the Marlon Brando of Hong Kong
Did he act in kung fu hustle
that all thank u.
Severus Snape, what are you doing in Hong Kong?
Great movie
This scene it was very emotion
Fabulous!💝⚔🥀
It would have been sweeter to end with him winning over the fight and die.
yeah there must be
But he actually did, but not the boss battle 😂😂😂
@@ferdinandstarrfall4476 eww
The point of this movie is to show the struggle and sacrifice needed to create the Republic of China. It’s not supposed to be sweet to the audience.
Some fights don’t always have a happy ending for our protagonist characters
Wow I never saw the movie but that's my only descriptor
I want to say the General tried to avoid a fight with the Beggar in respects of his bravery and skills. Also, at the same time he would prefer a fair fight. Seeing as the Beggar was already so injured perhaps the General didn't see it as a fair fight. From the way the Beggar looked, the General would've easily killed the Beggar.
@samuraishinobi. But then the beggar had to cut his que off and well...... that was it for him.
you don't just cut manchu people's que.. it held no significance for han people other than keeping their head in its place..
@@wymmyw8744 Right I see what you're saying. I'm not an expert on Chinese history but I am familiar with the Manchurian takeover but the point I was making was the beggar knew by doing that.. it would trigger him. He wanted to hold them off as much as he can.
这种电影，没得看很久了
十月围城，好电影，众星云集
Great movie.
Best fight seen
best watch
ジャッキーチェンのプロジェクトAは100回以上見た
香港映画もっとがんばれ！
昔の活気を取り戻せ
Man, who would've predicted those hooks
かっけぇよなぁ
those hooks probably hurt like hell
u said it so well
It seemed to me that he freaked out to late 😈👹.!! Like give it all u got early 😂😉$$ instead of waiting that long to kill everyone!!!!! Idk
That's what I learned the time I saw Kung-Pow! That and that Harpo is a good name.
very interesting
I'm a big fan....
Lol pun intended?
great kun fu
oh, shit, these unreal flying fights against all laws of physics here again...
They've been around since the 70s, probably could include the 60s, it was just wires and shit back then.
I do have to say I'm quite disappointed so many people think this is the most awesome fight...it really isn't much.
This is a classic
Leon Lai the one of four emperor sky beside Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Jackie Cheung
My all time favourite film.
What id is the name of the film
十月圍城
good movie i like
Rest In Peace The Beggar.
I like how the escorts just left after realising the 1 man show beggar is there to take over the job
1:24 he is looking closely on the other guys wigs, "what the fuck with that weird wigs?" 😂
5:18 me when I swear I'm about to tear up some cereal at 2 in the morning then come to the realization that ain't no damn milk left. I be mad, confused and hungry all at once.
Haha lol
Lei wu long
@@zainaskalaniperalta6137 digago
Good
Wasn't IP man 3 partly filmed on the same location?
fuck it this is not a kung fu movie this is a revolution movie ,
hate it when donnie die but watch again in 2022,a great movie
Время таких фильмов - прошло. Решают проблемы тренировка и по паре револьверов на человека.
The dude is using an iron fan. Just imagine how fast he would've finished them all if he used something lethal.
An iron fan is lethal
And heavy
The iron fan is a relic of his family. He fought with his family's honour one last time
You can kill his underlings but İf you mess with his hair he goes berserk. lol
In the Qing dynasty, the hair means the loyalty to the government. In that dynasty, numerous ppl died because of not willing to make that pigtail as the Qing government would kill those ppl. Therefore, cutting his pigtail is the greatest humiliation to him who devoted his whole life to the government.
Yes it was a hair raising experience.
Of course! He was emo.
This movie is dope
Reminds me of Liam Neeson jumping over the fence in Taken 3! Why, too many cuts in one fancy fan slice, lol
3:46 Cowards NEVER fight 1 to 1