Der Superfuss der Shaolin (1979)

Der Superfuss der Shaolin: Directed by Hsin-Yi Chang. With John Liu, Fung Ling, Lung Chin, Ju-Feng Ma. Men from a rural community in China are kidnapped and forced to mine for gold as slaves. Three men desperately make several several attempts to escape.

“John Liu and many other men are forced into slavery. He fights back but does not have his u0026quot;Shadowless Kicku0026quot; technique yet. The beatings continue.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBeatings have no entertainment value.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is about escape. Many great movies have been made with this simple story line. It is a formulaic story line and any deviation from the story line results in complete failure. This movie was made with no knowledge of the formula for the escape story. For example, there has to be two failed escape attempts first and these attempts make it worse for all the prisoners. Also, this is a u0026quot;black and whiteu0026quot; plot in that the bad guys are totally bad. In this movie the character of the doctor makes no sense at all. I could go on but why bother?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI know there is a big cultural thing about kneeling and submission that does not translate well from East to West but even allowing for that this movie still fails as a story. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn does not raise a leg in a kick until about the 50 minute mark. The only part of this movie that has any entertainment value begins a few minutes after that when he starts the leg training.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie is only for hard core fans of the genre and really starts at about the 50 minute mark. As such a fan I can add after watching it once I doubt I will ever watch it again.”