Filthy Guy
Filthy Guy
| 21 December 1978 (USA)
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Sammo Hung is a poor village orphan called 'Filthy Guy' for his unwashed / diseased head whose ambitious landlord's son becomes king and wants to kill him as a prophecy predicts Sammo Hung will replace him

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phillip-58

Definitely not one of Sammo Hung's best films but not bad. It was directed by Kim Yung. Although not credited Sammo probably had a hand in the fight choreography which is well done, especially against Carter Wong. The plot is preposterous but a few points like the use of the cattle are original. It is also the only film I can remember where Sammo (suffering from some strange head mange, never explained) goes through a training sequence. Although the film is called Filthy, in the film he is always called 'Dirty Guy'. The females pretending to be men, a common kung fu plot device, is laughable here as the two female leads are gorgeous. But one does tend out to be more than she pretends to be, leading to a good fight with Sammo. Carter Wong is no great actor but can fight well. There are many well known character actors but Dean Shek Tin is under-used. Worth watching but keep the hand on the fast-forward.

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MartinHafer

This film stars Sammo Hung, an actor and director you might be familiar with, though he isn't a household name. A few years ago, he played the fat cop on the silly TV show "Martial Law". At this point in his long career, he was so obese that many of his stunts seemed to be done by stunt men. However, earlier in his career, he directed many of Jackie Chan's films and made a few of his own. Even in his younger days, he was pretty chunky and far from the typical martial arts hero image. However, with his extensive training as a Chinese acrobat, he was surprisingly light on his feet and could do some interesting tricks in his films. The problem in this particular one is that the movie was supposed to be funny but I never found myself laughing, as the jokes were very broad and the film just bored me to tears. Cheap and forgettable--this isn't one of Sammo's better films (unless you want to see him smashing clay pots over his head--there's a LOT of this in the film).Oh, and lest I forget, the version I saw was the English dubbed one. The dubbing was just awful and the accents sounded a lot like Eric Idle and a lot of working class Englishmen--not the sort of accents you'd expect for this movie and they sounded pretty lame.

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Joost

I thought it was a good old-school kung fu movie, but I expected a little bit more from Sammo Hung. I agree with the other comment I read, that the part with the cows was the best and original. I've never seen anything like it. I also liked that Shih Tien watched everybody's head to find out if it was Dirty Su. I did not like a lot of jokes, I also think that Yueh Hua (I'm not sure) who played the right hand of Shih Tien is not funny at all. And also the way it was dubbed into English was terrible.

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rudeboy8080

This is one of my personal favorite martial arts films starring Sammo. Aside from some stabbings, this is a very light-hearted movie. Sammo Hung portrays an orphan who helps rebels fight against an evil and incompetent emperor. As usual, Sammo doesn't act like a macho fighter, but rather a goofy character wearing a filthy wig while showing off his martial arts skills. The talented Shih Tien co-stars, but is reduced to a whipping boy for the other characters to mistreat. One of the best gags in the film is where an army of cows rescues Sammo and his friends when they're being attacked by imperial troops.A very entertaining martial arts-comedy. I highly recommend it.

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