Jeremy Urquhart is a writer at Collider who focuses on the Godzilla series, the films of Martin Scorsese, and anything in the action genre.
Please excuse the potential boldness of this claim if it seems disagreeable, but it sometimes feels like martial arts as a movie genre is underrated overall. When a martial arts movie works, it feels like action at its purest and most visceral, and who doesn’t love a good action film? The genre probably had its heyday some decades ago, with a particularly high number of classic martial arts movies coming out during the 1970s and ‘80s, many – but not all – from Hong Kong.
This isn’t one of his absolute best early films, but it is still an overall good one for anyone interested in seeing just what Jackie Chan was capable of in his physical prime. The story ends up being a fairly generic one about revenge, and it doesn’t have quite as many jaw-dropping sequences as some of his later classics… but it still functions well as a comedic martial arts movie, and is pretty consistently entertaining.
The title implies grisly violence, and you definitely get that in Human Lanterns, though it’s probably not the kind of horror movie that many viewers today will find genuinely terrifying. The atmosphere is a little creepy, and the kills bloody, with Human Lanterns being interesting for adding all that into the mix alongside some well-choreographed fight scenes. As a result, it’s a pretty good time, and fairly distinctive, too.
Much of the film takes place in a single confined setting: an inn filled with high-ranking government officials, spies, warriors, and various other interesting characters who all have a multitude of reasons to clash and fight. The earlier parts of The Fate of Lee Khan work well to build tension, ensuring the action at the end can have the maximum impact possible.
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