Sammo Hung was an innovator in so many ways that it’s easy to forget just how influential he was in determining the style and look of the martial arts films of the late 70s and early 80s. A veteran of the Seven Little Fortunes peking opera company and previously stunt-man and choreographer at Shaw Brothers, Sammo always had work but would find massive success after Jackie Chan’s breakthrough roles in SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW and DRUNKEN MASTER, playing a variety of overweight, bufoonish characters who either posessed, or were trained to possess, massive kung-fu skill. But Sammo was certainly
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