Sammo Hung
 

I thought Sammo Hung deserved a thread in here.I find him very underrated on so many levels(Mainly for all his works in the supernatural Genre) What I like about Sammo Hung is he's not the traditional looking hero .One minute he's cracking a joke 2 minutes later hes cracking skulls.

What Sammo Hung movies have you guys seen?

There is a fantastic Donnie Yen film called SPL where Sammo plays the bad guy. He proves hes still got it when it comes to the kung fu!!!

The man is a true HK cinema legend and one of the greatest kung fu movie luminaries imo.
There's no question Hung was at his creative peak during the '70s and '80s and out of all his films i've seen i don't think there's been one major missed step taken by the portly kicker.
Even less-than-stellar Sammo is watchable and he's always a formidable screen presence whether Hung is going solo or doing the triple act with Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao.

A veteran HK cinema jack-of-all-trades and master of all.:)

Sammo is a legend! It always struck me as a real shame that he's never had the recognition that others in Asian cinema have...Jackie Chan and Jet Li, to name just two. His martial arts skill is far and above that of Jet Li, but I suppose he doesn't have the looks to pull off that kind of stardom.
His fight choreography is awesome in early kung fu films like "When Taekwondo Strikes" and many others. Some of my favourite early Sammo films are Enter the Fat Dragon, Warriors Two, Magnificent Butcher. He was also in Enter the Dragon which wins him extra points from me :tongue1:
I've seen stacks of his films - but I believe he's been in 80 or so, so I still have several to see. :cool:

Just going to move this thread in the the Damage Depot action section where we'll house and build any action-heavy stars.

I can add though that I met Sammo on the set of The Medallion and he was working Jackie hard - real taskmaster and likes the blows to be proper contact. He was a lovely chap though - came out for dinner to meet his fans (which he then paid for) and had no airs or graces - one of the few people who doesn;t disappoint in the flesh - Jackie was exactly the same.

Big fan of Sammo, though I think the reason why he hasn't taken on over here is due to his preference for Chinese style comedy. Simple fact is the majority of western audiences just don't like it. It's, frankly, too childish and slapstick for the general Westerner who would be attracted to a no-holds barred action movie.

This is what Tony Jaa has avoided and look where it's got him. Sure he stars in comedies like The Bodyguard - but titles like that don't sell that well outside of the Asian territories.

But older, wiser Sammo of SPL and Fatal Move has certainly made him the one to watch these days. Though Yuen Biao was always attracted to dark material, it's good to see that Sammo and Jackie have caught up and turned to the darkside!

Though i still haven't got the (brief) sex scene from Shinjuku Incident out of my head yet, that was a total shock to my system seeing Jackie getting freaky! lol.

As for Sammo, SPL is my favourite performance of his as he's just so bad ass, that goatee is killer. Eastern Condors is possibly my favourite film of his though - it's just such a tough movie! Full contact, balls-to-the-wall action and some great, great stunts from the whole cast.

Almar I am sooooooooo jealous! That's the coolest thing I've heard all day!
You've actually met (and witnessed working) two of my all time heroes! :high5:

Well you know it's the kind of thing where I wish I all you guys could meet him - you'd be mega fans for life - he was very cool and I feel very privileged that I got to meet him.

Can I ask how you ended up on set? I'm nosey and would love to hear more :)

Sammo Hung is definitely the unhero unfortunately "un" is more appropiately representative of unappreciated.Yeah while he goes for more traditional "HK Silly" which may not do so well over seas however his Martial art skills is nothing short of impressive.I must say though his ability to poke fun at himself or take the low road humor wise I can appreciate.Also some may not take him as seriesly due to his girth.Hes definitely a class act much more so than the blatantly racist hypocrite Jet Li or the jerk(to his fans) Donnie Yen.

He truly is a jack of all trades movie wise with producing 45 movies,Action directing 77 movies,acting in 163 movies doing his own stunts in most of them and has recently got back into directing with HOWLING ARROW

That was back in my days as a BBC journalist - I was there to meet Jackie and Sammo to so an interview to support Hong Kong Legends DVD coverage I was doing. In the end amazingly the interview was never used - the BBC didn't rate JC and Sammo as mainstream enough. Yup :crazy:

I remember those days! Ha. You and Jamie Russell were the only people I'd actually pay attention too! :nod: :bananasuit:

Ah bless - Jamie's a good guy - I always read his stuff.

You can tell from the film book thread that there are plenty more fans of his here!

As for Sammo, when are we going to get an English-friendly autobiography for the good man?

I can't ever see him finding the time to write it - that's the only thing...

As happy I would be waiting in line with you to pick it up i wouldn't hold my breath:pout:

Sadly it seems most actors like him only get credit when they're are er post active.

He's a force of nature and in observing him - a very hard taskmaster - especially on himself.

Yeah I heard the same thing

Sammo Hung...



....is he? :p

Kev W

Yeah he had a a heart attack

Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan were studied Kung Fu with the same master. Sammo Hung is an action actor and also a director. He has promoted many members of Hung's Kung Fu Assoication. Most of them are well-known, such as Yuen Biao (Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars), The Prodigal Son)Lam Ching Ying (Mr. Vampire, The Dead and The Deadly).

In the school, Sammo was actually Jackie's "big brother" - this means that Sammo was already there when Jackie joined. "Big Brother" (and also "Big Sister") is a sign of respect that young people pay to their elders

Yuen Biao joined the school later, and so Jackie became his "Big Brother", but Sammo was still the "Biggest Brother" (in all senses of the word!)

Agree. Sammo Hung loves to promote his "litter brother" in his movies, otherwise Jackie Chan does not do the same.