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The bleakest
martial arts thriller of its era, Ringo Lam Ling-tung's BURNING PARADISE
finds legendary Ching Dynasty heroes Fong Sai-Yuk (DRUNKEN MASTER III's
Willie Chi Tian-Sheng) and Hung Hei-Kwun (Yang Sheng) caught up in the
Manchu government's quest to exterminate the students of Shaolin Temple
(the premise of several martial arts films produced at Shaw Brothers).
Following his capture at the hands of the Manchu general Crimson (John
Ching Tung), Fong is incarcerated with his fellow pupils at Red Lotus
Temple, a subterranean netherworld riddled with booby traps. Turning his
back on Shaolin, Hung allies himself with the prison commander, Elder Kung
(Wong Kam-Kong), a brutal psychopath who likes to adorn his garish
paintings with human blood and seeks new specimens for his collection of
mummified women. However, the prisoners may have a surprise ally in the
form of Boroke (YOUNG HERO OF SHAOLIN PART II's Maggie Lin Quan), Kung's
right hand woman, whose love for one Shaolin fighter may be enough to
change her allegiance. Filled with fantasy kung-fu action, Burning
Paradise is a 90's Hong Kong classic!
Starring: Willie Chi Yang
Sheng, Lin Quan
Directed by Ringo Lam (Replicant, Triangle, Maximum Risk)
Produced by Tsui Hark (Zu Warriors, Seven Swords)
Special Features:
Interview with Tsui Hark
Trailers
DT021 - Color - NTSC - 2.0 - 105
Min - Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 - 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen - Region 1 - 1994
Release date: June 29, 2010 |
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