Last Hero In China (1984)
aka Lover Beware
aka Be Careful Sweetheart
aka Victims of the Assassin
Hanyu Pinyin : Jiang Hu Yin Xiong/Qing Ren Kan Dao; Literal : Darling, watch out for the dagger

Adam Cheng acts as Wei Kai and Brigitte Lin as Ling who are fellow disciples whose master is the chief eunuch who disapproves of their relationship and wants them killed.  Derek Yee is another fellow disciple Hsiao Lou who is also in love with Brigitte.  The movie starts with the 2 lovers facing execution and managing to escape with the help of another pair of disciples.  They had a loving time initially but their friends died whilst helping them to escape from their enemies.  When Derek tells them that their master is working in cahoots with the Tibetans,  Adam decides to return to the sect under the guise of abandoning Brigitte.  Brigitte unaware of his intentions became depressed and suicidal. Click here for the conclusion of Last Hero in China.

Adam Cheng as usual is stereotyped as a debonair and charming swordsman (This is the Chinese periodic version of James Bond minus modern gadgets).  Good chemistry between him and Brigitte.  All those fans of Adam's style of singing will not be disappointed as the theme song is sung a few times.  Brigitte dances a couple of times and welds the sword pretty convincingly even though the tough actions was handled by her stunt-double.

If you are a fan of Kungfu shows from the seventies and eighties which has little or no wire-fu, you would like it.  Note that this is not the movie that Jet Li acted in even though it shares the same title.

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Cast : Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia, Adam Cheng, Derek Yee

Director : Au Yeung Jun

Spoken : Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles : English
Film : Taiwanese

Other reviews:

  1. Brigitte Lin 2002 - Lover Beware
  2. HK Cinema View From the Brooklyn Bridge - Lover Beware
  3. HK Cinemagic - Last Hero in China
  4. Hong Kong Movie Database - Last Hero in China (1984)
  5. The Internet Movie Database -  Victims of the Killer (1984)
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