Event

The Fate of Lee Khan

Wed Apr 10: 8.00pm
Thu Apr 11: 8.00pm
Fri Apr 12: 8.00pm

King Hu
Hong Kong & Taiwan
1973
1h 45m

About
In his follow-up to the critically-acclaimed A Touch of Zen, trailblazing Chinese filmmaker King Hu brings together an all-star female cast, including Hong Kong cinema stalwart Li Li-hua and Angela Lady Whirlwind Mao, in this lively martial arts adventure. When Lee Khan, an official working for Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan Dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel army, Chinese resistance fighters, aided by an undercover girl-gang within Khans ranks, strive to corner him in an inn. Featuring stunning action sequences choreographed by Jackie Chans kung fu elder brother Sammo Hung and a generous mix of intrigue and humor, The Fate of Lee Khan is a legendary wuxia masterpiece.

Description courtesy of Film Movement.

The Fate of Lee Khan is to the Chinese martial arts movie what Once Upon a Time in the West is to the Italian Western: a brilliant anthology of its genres theme and styles, yielding an exhilaratingly original vision. Time Out

All of the women here have a strict zero-tolerance policy for nonsense, and are entirely capable of handling themselves. To have one such character would be impressive, but the full half-dozen we have here, indeed pushes this into the stratosphere for its time. Jim McLennan, Girls with Guns