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The main characters are a pair of "corpse herders," whose job is to deliver corpses, AKA hopping vampires, for burial in their home villages. A fugitive seeks to pass through checkpoints and avoid capture by pursuing soldiers by imitating one of the hopping vampires. (Source: IMDb) Edit Translation
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- עברית / עִבְרִית
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Cast & Credits
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![Wong Yu in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie]( "Wong Yu in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie")
Wong YuFan Chun YuenMain Role -
![Cecilia Wong in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie]( "Cecilia Wong in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie")
Cecilia WongAh FeiMain Role -
![Gordon Liu in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie]( "Gordon Liu in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie")
Gordon LiuChang ChiehMain Role -
![Norman Chui in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie]( "Norman Chui in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie")
Norman ChuiXuSupport Role -
![Lee Hoi Sang in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie]( "Lee Hoi Sang in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie")
Lee Hoi SangZhou Qian TaiSupport Role -
![Lau Kar Wing in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie]( "Lau Kar Wing in Spiritual Boxer 2 Hong Kong Movie")
Lau Kar Wing[Master Chen Wu]Support Role
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1Jiangshi Fu!
The Spiritual Boxer II aka The Shadow Boxing wasn’t a sequel to the original Spiritual Boxer. Wong Yu starred in both and there was some cross-over cast playing different characters, but that was about the extent of it. This one was a must watch for me because of---jiangshi/hopping vampires.Fan Zheng Yuan and his gambling addict master, Chen Wu, are corpse herders. As they lead a parade of 9 hopping vampires through the countryside they run afoul of a local warlord and his criminal minions. The bad guys are on the hunt for Zhang Jie whom they framed for various crimes and had thrown in jail. Zhang managed to escape and has seemingly disappeared. When Master Chen is injured, Fan and hanger-on Fei Fei are called upon to lead the hoppers home which is complicated when it turns out one of their wards is not what he appears to be.
I was not a fan of the original Spiritual Boxer. This film benefited from Gordon Liu and Lau Kar Wing helping Wong Yu carry the show. Lee Hoi San and Wilson Tong were properly threatening baddies. Norman Chu even made an appearance as one of the villains. Cecilia Wong’s Fei Fei was written to be annoying and she fulfilled the job perfectly. And of course, the hoppers contributed their fair share of entertainment. Filmed 6 years before Mr. Vampire, this was a lighter version of the coming vampire franchise.
Lau Kar Leung was both the director and the martial arts director ensuring that the fights were high quality. Wong’s Jiangshi kung fu style was slower, but humorous. Lee had to slow his moves to counter the hopping vampire inspired style. Gordon and Wilson brought the speed and pain with their fighting styles.
The Shadow Boxing’s story was uneven and often ridiculous, with not too bright characters, but with jiangshi bunny hopping around and well- choregraphed fights it was a mostly entertaining flick for the genre. Only for fans of these old martial arts movies. As usual, graded on a curve.
31 October 2024
Triggers: brief bare breasts and buttocks.
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