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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Another churned out Hong Kong production by the Shaw brothers in what can be seen as a Kung Fu cult classic starring the likes of Gordon Liu and Leih Lo as the priest white lotus in colourful performances. The story follows that Shaolin students being released from prison, to only be hunted down by members of the white lotus clan. Survivor Hong Wen-Ting seeks revenge against the priest white lotus for killing his best friend and his fiancé For me there's something nostalgic about the sub-genre, which always brings a smile. Fun, brash and exciting all rolled into one. "Clan of the White Lotus" spends a lot of time either on the masterfully shot and heart racing choreographed martial arts involving the many attempts to take the priest white lotus' life and that of Hong Wen-Ting constantly training to change and strengthen his fighting style to do so. While frequently violent and bloody, it stays rather comical. These tend to be around the training and the constantly amusing charades involving the White Lotus and Hong Wen-Ting. Lieh Lo also directs; crafting out eccentric set-pieces with precision and impressionable images clocking in with creative slow-motion and detailed backdrops. The only thing is that a uniformity pattern starts to work its way in.

I've just finished watching Fists of the White Lotus for about the 12th time. Finally, I decided to check the web for information on the actor who played Priest White Lotus (sadly, he has been dead several years, now). Yet, I find that there has been a continuing saga on the role of Pai Mei, once who tried to destroy student Hong Wen-tin, played by Gordon Liu, who ends up playing the evil priest decades later in Kill Bill II. ***SPOILERS CONTAINED*** So here's this white- haired priest, shown with these almost supernatural powers of being invincible. At some point in the film, he even seems like a magnet, repelling the force of attempted blows. The harder the protagonists punch, the more difficult it is to actually hit him. It seems just too much to fathom, if the viewer watches the film as simply a martial arts fan. But there may be some truth to the story... ***END SPOILERS***With Pai Mei's popularity spanning decades, I found through several search engines about how much influence Pai Mei (known as the very real Taoist priest Bak Mei) has on the martial arts world. All the references to Tiger style kung fu actually originate with Bak Mei, and there are many schools now calling themselves various forms of "White Eyebrow School" for kung fu. It turns out that the basic story of Pai Mei's vengeance being taken out on the Shaolin temple and its monks and followers in this film is followed in many forms. And when I discovered that the real Bak Mei had so trained and practiced his "White Eyebrow" style so proficiently that blows to his body made by punches or weapons barely had any affect on him, I had to return to view Fists of the White Lotus again. So now, it seems to me that these almost incredible films on such legends are perhaps loosely based on the lives and deaths of real people who made significant contributions to the history of Chinese culture.FOWL is a ride through the early days of interjecting some form of humor to break up the endless and tiring mass production of the basic storyline of Hong Kong kung fu films: Character kills another. someone gets angry, seeking revenge. Someone else is just as angry, revenges trade and escalate until the two dueling characters duke it out. Sometimes the humor in FOWL is a bit dull or bland, or simply not funny. But the action sequences still are terrific! It seems like director Lo Lieh (who is also the lead antagonist) filmed everything in normal speed for many of the sequences, and the mastery of Lo and Gordon Liu are incredible. Add a splash of super slow motion with a continual flow of groovy music, and you have a decent HK action flick for the lover of the martial arts flicks from the late 70's and early 80's. Shaw Brothers classic, to say the least, and it delivers you with a solid- hitting palm technique. It's not the best one out there, but should be in the DVD library of Gordon Liu and Shaw Bros. fans.

Lo Lieh directs himself in this serio-comic kung fu outing.The best part of the film is the way Lo Lieh and Liu Chia Hui interact and get into their larger than life roles. There's lots of mass killing and tragedy at the beginning but by the time the film ends the whole thing has become very comic. The way the evil White Lotus is defeated is one of the strangest scenes in kung fu cinema.The pacing of the film is slower than comparable films from Liu Chia Liang, who provided the fight choreography here. While the first fight scenes are just average, the final fight scenes have his visual touch on them and it seems he may have directed them.The whole film is very colorful in the restored Celestial Pictures DVD and I recommend finding that over the U.S. TV print that is around.

Wow, Gordon Liu, Lung Wei Wang, directed by Lieh Lo. What more can you ask for?It was fun seeing Liu in a non Shaolin monk role. You gotta love his determination as he tries to win the fight again and again. Plus, White Lotus is a GREAT villain...sinister laughs, impressive fighting, boasting during battle, and that neat weightless effect!! This guy is so good, he pushes his own bodyguards aside so that he can fight his opponent head on!!Plus, Kara Hui's training with Gordon to teach him a "new" style is priceless!! Do see this one!!