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 - Fabulous Kung FuThis movie and the DVD series of Seasons one, two and three, from the original T.V. show are a Must See. The lessons learned from them are integrating themselves into my life and creating permanent, positive changes. I heartily recommend everyone watch them, even if you saw the series 30 years ago. The lessons in life, if taken, will positively change your life forever. By the way, David Carradine is fantastic. No one could ever match his performance in such a role. Rating:  - [Three and a half stars out of five] Best effort of all the Kung Fu movies. Radames Pera once played on Hawai'i Five-0!Pear and half brother Keith Carradine both played young Caine in here. Followed by Kung Fu: The Movie (1986 **.5 out of four stars), w/ Mako and Brandon Lee. Interesting in that his story about half American/ half Chinese Shaolin Monk, who escapes Royal China after killing Royal Newphew, who's guard's killed his Kung Fu teacher, another ex-Hawai'i Five-0 vet, Keye Luke, was first offered to Lee's late father, Bruce! But ABC wanted more American looking martial arts guy. Carradine, who is one quarter Chinese got call but knew nothing about martial arts until taking lessons during filming on this from Sefu Kam Yuen, who helped Carradine with Tai Chi videos later! Dave also did eulogy when young Brandon was killed on set of Actioner-Phantasy 'The Raven', in '93... Rating:  - kung fu:the legend beginsthis is the one that you see in commercials and in other movies and in clips on the show of the same name.a very influential movie!theres a small kid who goes into kung fu training with an old blind man.then he gets big and goes to america after killing his masters killer.he gets a job in the railroad and runs into problem after problem the whole movie long!kids like it.its better than the karate kid movies and a lot of the newer jackie chan movies although jackie has better too.it beats out anything by chuck norris or van damme or segal.bruce lee does better.you can actualy learn a lot of the basic things about kung fu by listening to the old man talk.the star is david carridine.he does quite well in his role.i liked death race 2000,and the kill bill set better but liked this one better than cannonball. Rating: - Stands the test of timeExcellent series still stands up for modern viewing. Still a refreshing take on the "Western" as a concept with some wonderful anti-racism statements. Only one clunker episode in the set: "The Tide," which seems more like a Bonanza script than anything else. High-calibre scripts and direction. Rating: - Hope they put the whole series on DVDI have loved this series for years. I just love the little thought provoking things that Caine, the main character says. I've watched it since I was a little kid, and when I was in my twenties, it came on at 4 am on a channel once a week so I'd stay awake just to see it. I really hope they put the whole series on DVD. I'd buy it in a minute. I love the quiet demeanor of Caine. I enjoy his humility and his respectfulness. The Caine character proves that you don't have to be "bad" to be cool. The pilot movie is definitely worth watching.
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