Highly Overrated But Still Good

Excellent, a Must See

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

half a loaf of kung fu was made before snake in the eagles shadow, so technicly this is the first of jackie chan's action comedies, and while it isn't as good as 'snake in the eagles shadow', it is an enjoyable movie none the less, it offers some funny comedy and good fight scenes, even though some of the humour is very immature, but as an early showcase for jackie chan's style of movie making, half a loaf of kung fu is a fine place to start. and i recommend it to people that want to check out his early work, just don't expect 'drunken master' cus this is a whole different kettle of fish, even jackie chan says this movie is worht a watch, who am i to argue, i recommend

Jackie Chan is know for his fighting and his comedy. In "Half a Loaf of Kung Fu" who could ask for more? It was funny at the beginning when he had to practice on the mini fighting pole. And everything else is just the same as usual. That silly joke in the beginning where he had to learn some sort of fighting power is unbelievable. The "Steel Finger". I call it the oldest joke in the book. The fight scenes are not hard to forget. Just trying to be a better fighter is easy, you don't need some special gimmicks. The other casts of the movie are great as well. What more can I say about the movie? It's a keeper. It's a classic. And it's Jackie Chan at his best! The action and the comedy is non-stop from the beginning to the end. 4 out of 5 stars!

This one is set in old China, and we follow Chan's character as he tries to achieve something that I never worked out. It's a fairly confusing Kung-fu movie with few highlights. However, it has a certain charm or naivety that others in this class lack.Jackie Chan is severely under-used, and his character is inconsistent. However, he is the most interesting in the film (except maybe for the mysterious beggar who tries to help him between relieving himself). His Kung-fu is obviously under direction from somebody else, as there is little of the intelligent choreography that he so often employs.The historical accuracy is forgotten in favour of any action it tries to serve up, which is a respectable amount. but a lot of it is hampered by poor camera direction and editing.All that said, there is still something quite appealing about this one, and I know I'll have the urge to put in on again sometime. The lo-fidelity (once you've acquired a taste) is almost complimentary to the film.

After viewing this movie, which was purchased for six bucks, I'm really not sure what to say. There were times where I felt like turning it off, but there must have been some subliminal messages telling me not to. I'm still shocked I watched the whole thing. The fight scenes are ok, they get better as the movie progresses, the plot/script on the other hand...oh man. I think they just made it as they went along and as they were filming random people were like "hey can I have a part?" and the director was like "sure, you are now Man with Scythe, and your motivation is that Jackie Chan killed your son and know you want to kill him, so you are just gonna be walking around and happen to meet Jackie who has just completed his training where he learned all but three of his techniques from reading a book." All in all I think everyone should see this movie...once.