You see, there is a big difference between these two dvds. While "Spiritual Kung Fu" is very very good, "Half a Loaf.." is godawful.

"Spiritual.." is by far the best Kung Fu movie I have ever seen, and I'd like to think I've seen a good amount. Jackie Chan is funny, innocent, serious, clever, and ultimately arse-kickin' all at once. The final fight scene and the scene where Jackie fights 20 temple guards with sticks at the same time are amazing fight scenes. You can have your flashy special effects in the Jet Li and Ang Lee and Brandon Lee flicks, but you still can't match Jackie's real ultimate power in this film.

"Half a Loaf" is cat s**t. There is little fighting, no storyline to speak of, and the dvd itself makes a horrible coaster. Just don't even bother with it and keep it on your shelf just to make your dvd collection look more vast.

"Spiritual" gets 4 stars, but "Half a Loaf" gets somewhere around 1 1/2.


Buy this for Jackie's sake   December 4, 2001
RVR (Charlotte, NC United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

A nice collection of movies. A few of the old-world pony tailed martial arts movies. You can see a yound Jackie Chan maturing throught these movies.

About the DVD's I should say that the Pan & Scan is shabbily done with too much zoom, so that it makes us miss the action most of the time. You feel as if the person on screen is fighting with himself. The audio is also a bit weak. However I think it is due to the quality of the originals itself rather than the DVD mastering.

As is common knowledge, Fearless Hyena is a classic. Great action, nice storyline and good tempo. The movie video is better too as it is a recent movie than the others, which have some faded screens, especially Spiritual kung fu.

I couldnt comment on FH II however as I bought a used colleciton and this movies was not there. Reading from the other reveiws I gather that Iam not missing much.

Spiritual kungfu is a funny movie if you can accept ghosts acted out by guys dressed in white with red/blue/purple wigs !!!

Half a loaf of Kung fu is a poor effort to be funny but some of the action is good.

To kill with intrigue has some great action and amazing talent from most of the actors/actresses in the movie. But Jackie looks like someone else with an ugly ponytail wig and different facial make-up.

New fist of fury is to be considered a extra or bonus thrown if you buy the five pack. The movie doesnt merit anything else other than being a Jackie chan movie, and is nice to own one of his early days movies.


Early Jackie Gems   April 29, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have the VHS videos of all the films on this DVD. Please don't make the mistake that Jackie actually LIKED doing Lo Wei films! Except for Fearless Hyena 1, which Jackie directed, he loathed them. He was under contract to Lo Wei and only broke away when he signed with Golden Harvest and made the breakthrough martial arts film, Young Master. The Lo Wei films in this collection are very badly done (except for Fearless Hyena and perhaps Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, which was an attempt by Jackie to "break away" from the martial arts mould). But they are all worth seeing, just to view Jackie "in embryo". His martial arts skills and stunts are as amazing as ever. So grit your teeth at some of the comedy and storylines - and just enjoy Jackie!


A collection of jackie's best and worst, but a good bargain   August 14, 2000
Edward Fong (Sacramento, Ca United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This collection in my opinion is a great bargain at 55 bucks and is a must have for any jackie chan fan. Despite Fearless Hyena 2, To kill with intrigue, and new fist of fury are all pretty bad films. The great fearless hyena and the entertaing half of loaf of kung fu and spiritual kung fu make this collection worth buying for the avid jackie chan fan as jackie show off his trademark comedy/kungfu and charm.