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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

1978 · 98 min

A scrappy, good-natured underdog tale where slapstick comedy and inventive kung fu blend into a breezy, crowd-pleasing watch.

Overview: Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
survival
revenge
found family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	8
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: action, comedy
Directed by: Yuen Woo-ping
Written by: Hsiao Lung, Ng See-yuen, Clifford Choi, Yuen Woo-ping
Starring: Jackie Chan, Simon Yuen Siu-Tien, Hwang Jang-Lee, Dean Shek Tin, Roy Horan, Fung Hak-on, Charlie Chan Yiu-Lam, Tino Wong
Music: Stanley Chow Fook-Leung
Cinematography: Cheung Hoi
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese

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