Ma Ge Bo Luo (1975)
Genre: Action
Duration: 108 minuten
Alternative titles: Marco Polo / Four Assassins / The Four Assassins / 馬哥波羅
Country:
Taiwan / Hong-Kong
Directed by: Cheh Chang
Stars: Richard Harrison
IMDb score:
6,4 (426)
Releasedate: 25 December 1975
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Ma Ge Bo Luo plot
"You haven't died until you've met ... the Four Assassins."
Italian explorer Marco Polo is enlisted by the Chinese emperor to track down rebels in southern China. These rebels soon manage to win Marco Polo to their cause. Following on from this, four friends try to avenge the murder of one of their friends.
Actors and actresses
Li Xiong-Feng
Zhou Xing-Zheng
Zu's Widow
Marco Polo
Zu's Little Brother
Abulahua
Dulidan
Caldalu
Huang Zong-Han
Chen Jie
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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Cheh!
Richard Harrison, a white man in a Shaw Bros. film, actually. That immediately captures the most striking element of this film. Because otherwise, it's, of course, classic Shaw Bros. all the time.
Oh, so the masters don't want to take on students to teach them martial arts, but they do have a few "jobs" in their monastery the gentlemen are allowed to do. Uh-huh. For anyone who might still doubt it, The Karate Kid isn't exactly the most original film. The first half hour is spent, as usual, on the setup, the second half hour on training, and by the end, everyone is free to fight anything, with all the new tricks on display.
The final battle is, as always, top-notch. It's also funny to see a white character in these films, however insignificant it may be. The story is simple, but that's true of almost every Shaw Bros. film, and just when things threaten to drag, the ending invariably appears, speeding things up.
Vintage Shaw Bros., then. Not particularly flashy, but entertaining.
3.0*
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80&90’s Nostalgia
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Seen on Blu-ray of Eureka. A Chinese version of the story about Marco Polo, the explorer who mapped parts of Asia under the guidance of the Mongolian Emperor Khan. When one of the five brothers is murdered, the other four seek revenge. They become apprentices to learn the ultimate style: Golden Bell Armor, which protects the body from stabbing weapons and arrows. This allows them to fight the armies of the Mongol Empire.
Shaw fans will see plenty of familiar faces.
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