Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Leung Kar-Yan, Cherie Chung, Fan Mei-Sheng, Eddy Ko. Directed by: Ronny Yu
This movie is one of "Freddy vs. Jason" director Ronny Yu's earliest movies, as well as an early film for Chow Yun Fat. While the kung-fu in this movie may not be as flashy or up to par with any of the movies above and the storyline may be a little on the iffy side, it's worth watching simply because it's a very good movie that never fails to keep your interest and there's an awesome ninja who has a whole bag of "ninja tricks" up his sleeve!
In "The Postman Fights Back," a group of couriers are hired by a local government official loyal to Sun Yat-Sen to deliver some cases of cargo to a government camp at a strategic mountain pass. They are not allowed to open the cases or to know what cargo they are carrying under any circumstances. When they do, their journey becomes a total nightmare.
Leung Kar-Yan does an excellent job as postman Ma and Eddy Ko's performance as the ninja is excellent. Of course, Chow Yun Fat pulls his role as conman Fu Jun off very well and it's interesting to watch him do kung-fu fighting with a scarf! This movie was filmed in Korea and the Korean scenery during the wintertime is breathtakingly beautiful and will give you the shivers just watching it!
There is also a fight scene filmed on a frozen lake which was excellently choreographed and one of the hightlights of the film.
If you want something a little different from the typical fu flick, are a fan of Chow Yun Fat or Ronny Yu's movies, or just looking for something good to watch and stumble upon this movie, be sure to check it out!
Also known as: 巡城馬/Xun cheng ma (original Mandarin title-HK), Chun shing ma (original Cantonese title-HK), Patrol Horse (unknown)
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