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jlfitz
with English subs: https://adult.noodlemagazine.com/watch/175449573_171275770
carlomarx
Sammo's fight scene with Lau Kar Leung is legendary!
Siskoid
As a director, Sammo Hung is bold with his tonal shifts, and while that might make Pedicab Driver a bit messy (in plot as well as tone), I'd rather view it as a roller-coaster (or a wild pedicab ride) of emotion. From the opener, you might think this will be a cabbie vs. delivery truck driver war on the streets, but no, it's really about a couple of sweet romances between pedicab drivers and cute young women, one of which is really the dramatic heart of the film as we move from comedy to something shockingly afield of that. The level of martial arts action is quite high (albeit often sped up a bit), in the finale, of course, but never more so than in a completely gratuitous fight between Sammo and veteran martial arts director Lau Kar-Leung. I loved how, though Sammo himself prefers quick impact cuts, this sequence was shot like Director Lau would have done it, with long unbroken shots covering a dozen or more moves. There's a reason he's my favorite Shaw Bros. director, and it's fun to see a mentor passing the torch here even if his character doesn't return later in the film. Improbably touching and socially-conscious, Pedicab Driver's parts are greater than their whole.
