
Kung Fu Killer
Seen it?2008 | 176 min | Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone who likes watching someone settle a score and martial arts fans. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. If you loved Point Blank, start here. The fight choreography is a big part of the appeal.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Big, sprawling and full of spectacle, at 2 hr 56 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 56 min.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the very soul of China. Among them is the Westerner, White Crane, a spiritual master of the martial arts and protector of the innocent. Revenge is not in Crane’s heart—until a mercenary army storms the temple and slaughters the beloved female Grandmaster Myling. Out of the ashes of the temple ruins, Crane rises—with vengeance in his heart. Crane comes upon Jane Marshall, a New York lounge singer and her gangster boss Bingo Quo. But it’s Bingo’s dangerous professional ties to Kahn that draw both Crane and Jane deep into the Warlord’s lair. Now torn between the spiritual Wudang teaching and the cold-blooded life of an assassin, Crane is about the cross the fine line between justice and revenge.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Philip Spink
- David CarradineCrane
- Daryl HannahJane
- Lim Kay TongKhan
- Lim Yu-BengBai
- Jimmy TaenakaBingo
- Osric ChauLang Han
- Christian LeeTong
- Yan Yan WuLian
- Cheng Pei-peiMyling
- Gary PetermanHoggins