Gallants
Da lei tai
Hong Kong
2010
98 Min
Color
2.35:1
Cantonese, English
Synopsis
Weedy office worker Cheung is sent to a remote village to secure property rights for his real estate company. Two martial artists run the village’s teahouse, which was once the kung-fu school of their teacher Master Law. Law is in fact lying unconscious upstairs in a three decades-long coma, but he awakes when gym boss and local landlord Pong attempts to secure the teahouse for redevelopment. Law mistakes Cheung for a former student and starts training him in preparation for a martial-arts tournament at Pong’s gym that will decide all their fates.
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CJ Roy
27Mar12
I once dreamed it would kickstart a nostalgic interest in the Shaw Brothers style martial arts film in Hong Kong, maybe a few great films would get made out of this. Then I woke up and found out it won a ton of awards and has even got recent recognition as being one of the great HK films of all time. Paired with the timely arrival of Kar-Wai's The Grandmasters, we may be on the verge of a massive revitalization.
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Eastern Film Fans
21Jul11
You can’t help but love this film, the nods towards yesteryear are there for all to see,with The Shaw Brothers veterans out in force, and the way that each character is presented by Zooming in to a freeze frame and announcing the character on screen, its a classic I loved it.
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CLEMENT CHENG: THE 'GALLANTS' INTERVIEW (PART 2)
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Released in June 2010 in Hong Kong and screened at several major film festivals (HKIFF, Udine Far East Film, Fantasia, NYAFF, Fantastic Fest, Vancouver, Sitges, Tokyo, Berlin Fantasy Filmfest), the kung
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By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[There are a number of reviews of GALLANTS in the archives, feel free to browse, and since it is playing on the big screen at Fantasia, here is Stefan’s take on the film]Of all the films that I’ve watched
CLEMENT CHENG: THE 'GALLANTS' INTERVIEW (PART 1)
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
“Gallants”, which opens in Hong Kong today and China tomorrow, is probably the most enjoyable kung-fu comedy made in Hong Kong since “Shaolin Soccer”. First movie produced by actor Gordon Lam Ka-tung
NYAFF 2010: Gallants (Another Take)
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Gallants will be shown as part of the New York Asian Film Festival on 7/6 at 6:00 PM and 7/8 at 6:00 PM at the Walter Reade Theater. Information and tickets can be found on the Subway Cinema site. Gallants……
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GALLANTS Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Fans of Hong Kong martial arts films have long-bemoaned the fact that the city seems to have let this one-time cornerstone genre slip through our fingers, never to be recovered. Save for Donnie Yen, who
Fantastic Fest 2010: Gallants
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Martial artists Dragon [Chen Kuan-Tai] and Tiger [Leung Siu-Lung] run a local teahouse. They operate it in the absence of their master, Master Law [Teddy Robin], who’s been in a coma since a legendary
Stop whatcha doin'! Watch the proper 'Gallants' trailer!
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Stop everything that you’re doing and watch the proper trailer for upcoming old school kung fu flick Gallants. An exhilarating homage to Hong Kong’s action star of yesteryear and Hong Kong Cnema’s action
Kicking it old school... Gallants brings back HK kungfu glory!
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
There’s no school like the old school, they say. You would be hard pressed to find a Twitch writer who doesn’t pine for those golden days of cinema to return to HK and it looks like Derek Kwok and Clement……
Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival Announces Lineup
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
The 2010 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival will celebrate its 14th year as Canada’s longest-running and largest showcase of contemporary cinema by East Asian and Southeast Asian moviemakers
Title Credits Done Right: Hong Kong Cult Hit GALLANTS
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
We’ve been very vocal in our love for recent Hong Kong cult hit Gallants in these pages for a very simple reason. It’s fantastic. It’s not just that it casts a stack of vintage Shaw Brothers stars and
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Gallants Review by Eastern Film Fans
By Eastern Film Fans on July 21, 2011
Director: Derek Kwok & Clement Cheng
Stars: Chen Kuan-Tai, Teddy Robin, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Wong Yau-Nam & Chan Wai Man
The Gallants was the winner of the 30th Annual Hong Kong… read review
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