A rough-around-the-edges martial arts master seeks revenge for his parents' death.A rough-around-the-edges martial arts master seeks revenge for his parents' death.A rough-around-the-edges martial arts master seeks revenge for his parents' death.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Fei Lung
- Master Pain (Betty)
- (archive footage)
- (as Lung Fai)
Ling-Ling Hsieh
- Ling
- (archive footage)
- (as Tse Ling Ling)
Lin Yan
- Dying Ling
- (as Yan Lin)
Chia-Yung Liu
- Wimp Lo
- (archive footage)
- (as Lau Kar Wing)
Hui-Lou Chen
- Master Tang
- (archive footage)
- (as Chen Hui Lou)
Chi Ma
- Master Doe
- (archive footage)
- (as Ma Chi)
Escobar Tongue
- Tonguey
- (credit only)
Joon Kim
- Henchman #2
- (as Joon B. Kim)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
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- TriviaTo create the effect of bad dubbing, writer Steve Oedekerk wrote a script of nonsensical dialogue for the actors to say. The real dialogue was dubbed during post-production. For example, when Chosen One says, "But, isn't Betty a woman's name?" If you read his lips, he says, "But, isn't Yahtzee a family game?"
- GoofsWhen the Chosen One talks to his friends while they're wounded in the field, he has a tattoo saying "Mouth" with an arrow on his right cheek. The tattoo is given to him by an old man in a deleted torture scene, and can't be seen in any other scenes in the film.
- Quotes
Master Tang: Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we purposely trained him wrong... as a joke.
- Crazy creditsOuttakes from the film (some real, some faked) play through the first couple minutes of the credits.
- Alternate versionsUses footage from The Savage Killers (1976) with actors digitally inserted into original scenes, and new dialogue overdubbed.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Savage Killers (1976)
- SoundtracksFrom Rusholme with Love
Contains elements of "Acka Raga" from the Album "Indo-Jazz Fusions"
Written by Neil Claxton, Chris Baker and John Mayer
Performed by Mint Royale
Courtesy of Faith and Hope Records/MCA Records
John Mayer appears courtesy of Universal Classics and Jazz
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Utter nonsense that does produce some sporadic laughs if you are in the mood
As a baby, the Chosen One had his family attacked and murdered by evil Master Pain, with only his martial arts skills saving him. Undefeated but broken, the Chosen One is raised by various rats and things in the valley and, as an adult he finds himself under constant attack from those that would seek to do the job they failed to do when he was a baby. Seeking help from the Master Tang's Crane school to hone his style and make him stronger, the countdown is on till a showdown between Master Pain and the Chosen One.
In case the title leaves you with any doubt that this is going to be a silly film, the opening scene features a terrible CGI baby fighting with a ninja master. This silly approach continues throughout and the entire thing is one big nonsense from start to finish. Mixing modern footage that is dubbed and excerpts from Hu He Shuang Xing, the approach is very simple but does produce some silly laughs. Too much of it is too puerile to appeal to a mass audience (that cow fight was just stupid and unfunny) but at times it is very funny just because it is so off the wall and has lots of lines that are unexpected.
The "cast" is naturally dominated by Oedekerk doing silly voices but it works surprisingly well. He is hardly Oscar Wilde but if you buy into the humour then he will do it for you. God help you if you don't want silly comedy though, because there isn't much else to be had in this film. Overall then nonsense utter nonsense; but if you are in the mood for it, it does produce some good, if sporadic, laughs.
In case the title leaves you with any doubt that this is going to be a silly film, the opening scene features a terrible CGI baby fighting with a ninja master. This silly approach continues throughout and the entire thing is one big nonsense from start to finish. Mixing modern footage that is dubbed and excerpts from Hu He Shuang Xing, the approach is very simple but does produce some silly laughs. Too much of it is too puerile to appeal to a mass audience (that cow fight was just stupid and unfunny) but at times it is very funny just because it is so off the wall and has lots of lines that are unexpected.
The "cast" is naturally dominated by Oedekerk doing silly voices but it works surprisingly well. He is hardly Oscar Wilde but if you buy into the humour then he will do it for you. God help you if you don't want silly comedy though, because there isn't much else to be had in this film. Overall then nonsense utter nonsense; but if you are in the mood for it, it does produce some good, if sporadic, laughs.
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,037,962
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,017,474
- Jan 27, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $16,994,625
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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