callanvass Jackie Chan is one of my heroes. The man is responsible for many great martial art extravaganzas, but he's also made some abhorrent stinkers like this one. Right from the atrocious opening where it is almost like a stage play of sorts with all of the histrionics. I knew I could potentially be in for a long 95 minutes or so. I always try to get the subtitled version of these movies, but I was forced to watch the dubbed version of this one. The dubbing is painful to listen too, and got on my nerves throughout the film. Like a lot of Jackie movies affiliated with Lo Wei, it's filed with extremely lame slapstick scenes which offer no laughs what so ever. There are a few unfunny farting gags. We get a scene involving a guy trying to intimidate Jackie, and Jackie throws chicken eggs at him (!) The fight scenes are ridiculously hammy and unexciting. I don't mind the use of wires. It's happened in a few Jackie Chan & Jet Li movies that I like, but they looked ludicrously silly here. It also makes a bit of a mockery of Kung-Fu in my opinion. Despite that there is evil in this movie, a lot of it is played for laughs. With how everything angered me immensely, I didn't care when an action scene commenced, I just wanted this movie to be over. I've enjoyed a few early Jackie movies, such as Shaolin Wooden Men, Drunken Master, etc, but this movie is absolutely terrible. It makes Spiritual Kung-Fu look great in comparisonFinal Thoughts: It's cheap, boring, and agonizingly stupid. If you're looking for solid Kung-Fu action with Jackie Chan, you're WAY off course. Avoid this like the plague. Even die hard Jackie fans will most likely hate this one. If they're smart they will…DUD (Dud is the worst rating possible out of 10)

Guardia 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.

AwesomeWolf I've said it before, I'll say it again: I think Jackie Chan's pre-Drunken Master movies are pure gold. Not for the same reasons that make'Drunken Master' and following movies gold, but gold nonetheless. 'Half a Loaf of Kung Fu' is rather gold. I swear, the more the 70s kung-fu movies I watch, the easier it becomes to watch them, and the more I like them and wish to seek out more. Now there's a scary thought...I missed the name of Chan's character here. In fact, I missed most, if not all, of the character's names in this movie. Actually, I missed most of the plot too. Actually... Plot? What plot? I still can't figure out what this was actually about, and there no identifiable threads running in the plot other than the evil-witch and the treasure she wants to steal.'Half a Loaf of Kung Fu' is very funny movie, and I'm sure Chan was trying to spoof kung-fu films. It probably would have worked had other kung-fu movies of the time not been sillier that 'Half a Loaf...' in the first place. The fight scenes are credible enough to maintain interest when the plot-apparent lags. 'Half a Loaf...' does drag on a bit at times, especially when it just gets to ridiculous. It probably could have been shorter, and much more entertaining for it.It isn't the best of 70s kung-fu movies, but it is by no means the worst. Jackie Chan fans might get a kick out of this, as would others looking for something to laugh at - 6/10

abentenjo Jackie is finally given creative control under the constraints of Lo Wei and here's the result: an early key to the new direction which sees Chan clowning about in his own distinct fashion, less Bruce Lee and more Charlie Chaplin, ridiculing the stifling pictures that were forced onto him at the same time as sending up the genre as a whole. Straight from the slapstick titles we know what we're in for; Chan perfecting his underdog happy-go-lucky character that would later make him such a huge star. Yet like all beginnings, HALOKF isn't a polished piece, certainly dragging in places with the Lo Wei influence still clearly evident (namely in the souped-up story concerning the transportation of sacred treasures the Evergreen Jade and the Soul Pill, much in demand by nasty bandits). Lo Wei's reaction was open detest resulting in the picture being shelved, only to be given a successful theatrical release after Chan had finally re-defined the kung fu movie.