Pedicab driver was the first true sammo hung movie i had seen. The film focuses on lo tung, the leader of a macanese group of rickshaw taxi drivers, and the exploits he and his drivers have with chinas criminal sorts during the 30s. This hong kong martialarts film was completed in one of the most important years of the 20th century, 1989. Sammo hung in pedicab driver sammo hung in pedicab driver 1989 see more. Sammo hung, max mok, nina li chi, fennie yuen, suen yuet, john sham, billy chow and lau karleung. Two men find trouble after one falls in love with a bun maker and the other, a prostitute. Sammo hung, sammo hung, nina li, yuet suen, max mok, fennie yuen. Like most people who love hong kong cinema ive waited a long, long, long time to see this movie get a decent release on dvd. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro.
When the two find girlfriends, one of the women turns out to be a. Whatever the reason for these weird tonal collisions, pedicab driver basically does what it sets out to do, providing solid fight scenes and a little emotional something extra. Pedicab drivers lo tung sammo hung and mai chientang max mok are just a pair of ordinary working joes in love with two womenping, a buxom bakery employee, and hsiaotsui, a woman forced to work for a gangster. Sammo hung, mok siuchung, meng hoi, peter chan lung, nina li chi, fennie yuen. Pedicab driver 1989 your message must be at least 30 chars long aprox 1 line. Sammo hung stars as the head of a group of sworn brothers who happen to work as pedicab drivers and help each other out when it is needed including fighting with the cargo haulers in the very first scene or helping out one of their friends who is down on their luck. Buy pedicab drivergolden harvest by sammo hung from amazons movies store. Sammo lives with his aunt who is renting out their property to a bakery. Lo tung and his friend malted candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of macao, have. Action, hk style pedicab driver 1989 tims melbourne. Lo tung and his friend malted candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of macao, have both fallen in love. Included among the six titles is the alltime hong kong classic pedicab driver 1989, a fan favorite film from sammo hung that surprisingly has never been released officially on dvd.
The sparring between sammo hung and lau karleung is particularly memorable. Find release information for pedicab driver 1989 sammo hung on allmovie. The movie, which was also directed by hung, follows a group of friends including meng hoi, max mok, lam chingying, and lowell low that work as pedicab drivers. But, thats just the beginning of his runins with the supernatural. Hong kong filmmaker sammo hung directs and stars in this film about a pair of bumbling, but likeable pedicab operators. With sammo kambo hung, siu chung mok, hoi mang, lung chan.
Spooky encounters 1980 directed by sammo hung, yuen. He has been a fight choreographer for other actors such as jackie chan. Pedicab drivers lo tung sammo hung and mai chientang max mok are just a pair of ordinary working joes in love with two womenping, a buxom bakery employee, and. International dvd talk sammo hungs pedicab driver dvd. Celebrating year one of the podcast elwood and stephen check out the sammo hung classic pedicab driver which despite starting out as a light hearted kungfu comedy hides a darker second half while also showcasing some truly memorable martial artistry from the legendry sammo hung. Anyone who is a fan of golden harvest and shaw bros knows this movie has the iconic fight scene of sammo hung vs lau karleung the director and star of.
The film also has other complications, which the hero must. All this plus godzilla anime and devilman crybaby landing on. Sammo plays the garrulous leader of the towns pedicab union, and. He falls in love with a woman who has lots of problems, the biggest of which is her boss.
Lo tung starts to develop a relationship with a young attractive girl named. Be a pedicab driver there are only a few carefree summers in your life. Maybe hung wanted to make a more grounded, serious story and was forced to keep in all the broad moments to make it more commercial. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs. The pole fight with lau karleung might just be the best action scene sammo was ever involved with, and man, does this one get dark.
The problem is that both their objects of affection. This 1989 film once again finds sammo hung mixing tones in a highly unusual way, as what appears to be a lighthearted farce about human taxis turns into a very dark indeed exploration of human trafficking and prostitution in the lower class macao underworld. Pedicab driver long pole fightsammo hung is gorgeous again. Pedicab driver is a martial arts film from hong kong and the year of 1989. If you were lucky enough to catch this show back in the day, you witnessed hong kong film legend sammo hung sammo law performing some of the most outrageous fight scenes ever seen on american tv. So imagine my delight when finally warner brothers decided to release pedicab driver as part of their warner archive collection. Finally got round to sammo hungs pedicab driver 1989, and while eastern condors remains his masterpiece, this at times came pretty close. What always impressed me is how damn agile hung was. The sparring between sammo hung and lau karleung is particularly. Well, this is proved false before the opening credits finish when he endures a particularly frightening nightmare of flesheating zombies.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sammo hungs actioncomedydramaromance masterpiece burns up the screen with old school intensity. Sammo hung born 7 january 1952, also known as hung kambo, is a hong kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and hong kong action cinema. Officer huang tsungpo, the father as sammo hung shanghai shanghai 1990 chin hungyun the fortune code 1990 brother hung the prisoner 1990. Many will scratch their heads once its over, but pedicab driver is one entertaining movie.
The movie features guest appearances by eric tsang, corey yuen and lau karleung. Pedicab driver with sammo hung martial arts action movies. Abao as samo hung eight taels of gold 1989 monkey seven warriors 1989 hung pedicab driver 1989 lo tung story of the sword and the sabre 1989 painted faces 1988 master yu in the blood. To paraphrase pulp fiction, i wouldnt go so far as to call the brother fat. Lo tung starts to develop a relationship with a young attractive girl named ping, who is an apprentice baker of a man named fong a desperate old man, old enough to be ping. Lo tung sammo hung and his friend malted candy max mok, pedicab drivers working the streets of macao, lo tung falls in love with ping nina li chi an employee of a bakery and malted candy unknownly falls in love with hsaio tsui fennie yuen who plays the role of prostitute in this movie. Pedicab driver tells of the love affairs of two pedicab drivers, neatly blending romantic. Search, discover and share your favorite pedicab driver gifs. Pedicab driver sammo hung starting in the 1980s, hong kong action movies began to break with the triedandtested kungfu formula of training to beat an enemy.
Born in hong kong, sammo hungs acting career began while he was training in acrobatics, martial. Sammo hung was at the wheel of this truly hong kong confection, and he comes through nicely. Junes installment of our martial arts theatre series brings the incomparable sammo hung to our screen for the first time. Sammo is courageous cheung, a pedicab driver in a rural community who is known around town as the man who fears nothing. Pedicab driver is a 1989 hong kong martial arts film directed by and starring sammo hung, who portrays the leader of a crew of cycle rickshaw drivers in 1930s macau. This 1989 film once again finds sammo hung mixing tones in a highly unusual way, as what appears to be a lighthearted farce about human taxis turns into a. Pedicab driver is a 1989 hong kong martial arts film directed by and starring sammo hung, who portrays the leader of a crew of cycle rickshaw drivers in 1930s. The redoubtable kung fu king sammo hung wages a desperate oneman war to avenge the vicious murder of his blood brother by a depraved and sadistic triad brothel owner and his army of macheteweilding hoods in this noholdsbarred revenge drama classic. Pedicab driver is another 80s film pumped out by hong kong movie legend sammo hung. The problem is that both their objects of affection one a baker, the other a prostitute are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. I have been collecting sammo movies for a few years and have never come across pedicab driver on dvd. Pedicab driver sammo hung, 1989 the chinese cinema medium.