Rent The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
3.8 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- It's based on a story from Chinese history: a heroic general is betrayed on the battlefield. He and five of his sons are killed, but two of his sons are able to escape. Haunted by what happened to their father and brothers they begin to think of revenge but they will have to tread with care. The traitor and his troops are on their tail, and he means to finish the job he started...
- Actors:
- Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li, Kara Hui, Ching-Ching Yeung, Lung Wei Wang, Kwok Keung Chan, Chan-Peng Chang, Lien-Ping Chang, Ming-Wei Chen, Wing-Cheung Cheung, Wing-Hon Cheung, Chia Chu, Tiet Wo Chu, Kien Fei, Chi-wei Ho, Yung-chang Ho, Hou Hsiao, Ho Chiu Kei, Phillip Ko
- Directors:
- Chia-Liang Liu
- Producers:
- Mona Fong
- Writers:
- Chia-Liang Liu, Kuang Ni
- Aka:
- Wu Lang ba gua gun / Invincible Pole Fighter
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Hong Kong
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/03/2020
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- Chinese LPCM Mono, Dubbed, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Scott Harrison
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Reviews (1) of The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Revenge, Monks and Flying Teeth - The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter review by griggs
Halfway through The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter I realised I was enjoying the film while fighting against the presentation. The version I watched appeared stretched, sounded badly dubbed, and felt like peering at a classic through a dirty window.
Thankfully, the film still worked.
It starts as bleak family tragedy, turns into revenge stripped of glamour, then heads to a monastery where discipline and self-punishment start looking alarmingly similar. Gordon Liu is compelling throughout, and even through the murk it’s easy to see why Lau Kar-leung’s action choreography is so admired. The head-burning scene is bizarre, memorable, and not exactly Sunday afternoon comfort viewing.
Then comes the finale. Teeth fly. Poles swing. Physics quietly resigns. My main response was basically, “bloody hell.”
I suspect there’s a much better presentation of this film than the version I saw. A recent restoration has moved it from the “maybe one day” pile to the “worth revisiting properly” pile.
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