Hello everybody! For my final review today, I will be reviewing the 2005 HK movie "House of Fury" written and directed by Stephen Fung, thought the people who produced the DVD cover decided to only add in the name "Produced by Jackie Chan", which is true, but fails to mention other names on the cover.
But anyway, this is a martial arts/ comedy film, more martial arts than anything. To keep the plot short, a father(Terry Yue Siu-bo played by Anthony Wong) is raising his two children (Nicky Yue played by Stephen Fung and Natalie Yue played by Gillian Chung) after the death of his wife and is soon kidnapped and questioned about the whereabouts of a former CIA agent. It is up to the kids to find and rescue him, but as they do that, their father's past is quickly uncovered.
So anyway, you can expect a lot of fighting, and when I say a lot, almost the whole film revolves around fighting. In a way, I can say that the style feels similar to Kung Fu Hustle (the action director did direct that film after all). So if you're interested in martial arts films then this is definitely the film for you!
There is a part in the film where you suddenly think that a character turns out to be the bad guy, but you're shocked to find out that he's not, so I thought that was pretty smart! There are a couple of relationships going on in the film, but not much to think of it as a romance film. Comedy wise, I didn't find any bits funny at all, but that's just me.
Overall I can't say that there's anything bad about this film, but I feel like that it's missing something, so I'm not completely sold on it. But all I can say is that i it were an American film, then there'd be a massive explosion at the end!
My rating for this film would have to be a 6.5/10, so it's pretty average for me. But you can tell me what you think! Until next time, bye!
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