Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Lau Kar-Leung has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Legend of Drunken Master.
2001
History · Drama
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Dir. Lau Kar-leung · With Jackie Chan, Ti Lung, Anita Mui Yim-Fong
During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.
Dir. Lau Kar-leung · With Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Lo Lieh, John Cheung Ng-Long
as Hunter, Helps Yang 5th Escape · Director · Writer
Tubi · Free w/ ads
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.
Dir. Lau Kar-leung · With Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui Ying-Hung
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
Dir. Lau Kar-leung · With Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Kara Hui Ying-Hung, Hsiao Ho
In the middle of the 17th century, the Manchus conquered China and founded the Ching dynasty. Due to widespread uprisings against the new rulers, the study and practice of traditional martial arts is forbidden and punishable by death. The unscrupulous leader of a troop of mercenaries takes advantage of this situation to make a fortune with the bounty on his head.
Dir. Tsui Hark · With Leon Lai Ming, Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei, Lu Yi
