Starring :

Leung Kar Yan

Yuen Yat Chor

Chow Yun Fat

Cherie Cheung

Action :

Yuen Cheung Yan

Producer :

Yuen Woo Ping

Raymond Chow

Director :

Ronny Yu

THE POSTMAN FIGHTS BACK  (1982)

A.K.A. - The Postman Strikes Back

Reviewed by Phil Mills

During the Republican era, an evil warlord instructs his right hand man to find four suitable candidates to transport his valuable gifts across dangerous grounds.  He recruits four men; a postman (Leung Kar Yan), a thief (Yuen Yat Chor), a dynamiter and a conman (Chow Yun Fat).  The only instructions given to them is to never open the cargo and to deliver it within seven days.  After numerous ambush attempts the group begin to become suspicious but they have no idea of the horror that awaits them and the consequences of completing the mission successfully.

Chow Yun Fat continued to show that he could adapt to any genre as he undertook the role of a martial artist for 'The Postman Fights Back', despite lacking any real training.  The result is an enjoyable little romp that displays shades of old school kung fu movies combined with a hint of Hollywood westerns as a group of lone fighters battle their way across baron landscapes upholding their codes of honour.  Thrown into this mix is Hong Kong's enthralling knack for inventive fight sequences and a less than Hollywood finale but to say anymore would give the entire game away.  Leung Kar Yan gives another strong performance as the lead but the show is definitely stolen by Chow Yun Fat as a cocky yet charismatic conman.

Shaw Brothers fans will find something familiar and fun about this flick whilst Yun Fat purists will have to add it to the collection as another notch in his all too numerous array of enjoyable performances.

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