1978 | Hong Kong | Fiction

Quan jing (Spiritual Kung Fu)

  • Mandarin English 98 mins
  • Director | Lo Wei
  • Writer | Pan Lei
  • Producer | Lo Wei, Hsu Li-Hwa

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Jackie Chan’s kung-fu clowning gets a supernatural twist in this off-the-wall action fantasy. He stars as a cheeky student at a Shaolin temple who must fight to protect his order, with help from some unexpected mentors: five pink-haired, silver-leotard-sporting extraterrestrial spirits who train him in arcane, animal-style martial arts with an otherworldly flair. The ghostly high jinks (realized with eye-poppingly outlandish special effects) give way to a last half hour that’s near-nonstop action, with Chan single-handedly taking on eighteen stick-wielding monks in a blistering battle royal.

Comedy Ghosts MartialArts Supernatural Shaolin
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
DISTRIBUTION