Knockabout
1979 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 7.0 · 85% critics
After getting swindled, two small-time hustlers talk a skilled fighter into training them. What starts as a scrappy martial arts comedy gradually shifts into a tougher, more driven story built around practice, payback, and increasingly impressive battles.
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Details
- Original title
- 雜家小子
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-04-12
- Language
- CN
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (46 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-school kung fu comedies that start goofy and build toward bigger action, especially if The Prodigal Son or The Magnificent Butcher worked for you; Not for you if broad slapstick and a slow wind-up wear you down.
Pros: inventive fight scenes; standout training sequences; lively acrobatics | Cons: uneven pacing; hit-or-miss comedy; slow first half
Themes
- martial arts
- revenge
- betrayal
Cast & crew
Yuen Biao
as Yipao
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
as Blinking Beggar
Lau Kar-Wing
as Old Fox / Chia Wu Dao
Bryan Leung Kar-Yan
as Dai Pao
Karl Maka
as Captain
Lee Hoi-Sang
as Painter
Mars
as Tiger
Lau Tin-Chi
as Banker Wei's Father
Lam Ching-Ying
as Casino Fighter
Wang Kuang-Yu
as Matchmaker / Queer Fighter
Directed by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo