An era of its own. A time when American was in a transition from separatism to civil rights. The 70's was a Golden Age on so many levels and the influence echoes around the world in present day. Blaxploitation is considered in my opinion to be the coolest of cool. Touching on the most sensitive material in America at its time and exploiting them on the big screen or the vinyls in your record player produced for a glorified genre that nobody will ever be able to duplicate. Our mission at Blax-Pride is to educate those who are unfamiliar with this era and combine knowledge with those who are familiar.
Also you will notice Kung Fu movies on this site as well. What does this have to do with Blaxploitation? Well, the more action packed Blaxploitation films did not just street fight. Oh no.....they thought they were Kung Fu Masters. Chinese martial art movies gave a sense of invincibility to these actors. Seeing how cool it was to be a masterful fighter, why not just integrate this with Pimpin', Hustlin', Jive Talkin' and Pam Grier? Blax-Pride!!!
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carter wong gives a dazzling performance as the laughing white-haired chi kung expert who wreaks havoc in the martial world. three young avengers (jack long; mark long and chang yu yu) discover the weak spot of this seemingly invincible fighting force: his throat. but hitting it isnt going to be easy independent filmmaker joseph kuo combines a convincing performance by carter wong with an excellent story and the martial arts master of joseph long making this one of kue better efforts.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Born Invincible (1978)
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This would have to be Carter Wong's best work in a kung fu flick. I can't think of anything else Carter played in (besides maybe The 18 Bronzemen) that was nearly as entertaining as Born Invincible. Lo Lieh, the Long bros, Lung Fei....All the classic fighters here as well.
Good post
Highly entertaining... from the martials sequences to the hysterical overdub of Carter Wong in which the state it is due to his "Tai Chi" training. The only thing is that the overdubs misidentify Iron Armor training for Tai Chi. But other than that a cool fun movie!
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