The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 56m.
Synopsis
China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the very soul of China. Among them is the Westerner, White Crane, a spiritual master of the martial arts and protector of the innocent. Revenge is not in Crane’s heart—until a mercenary army storms the temple and slaughters the beloved female Grandmaster Myling. Out of the ashes of the temple ruins, Crane rises—with vengeance in his heart. Crane comes upon Jane Marshall, a New York lounge singer and her gangster boss Bingo Quo. But it’s Bingo’s dangerous professional ties to Kahn that draw both Crane and Jane deep into the Warlord’s lair. Now torn between the spiritual Wudang teaching and the cold-blooded life of an assassin, Crane is about the cross the fine line between justice and revenge.
Ratings
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacqueline FeatherWriter
- Philip SpinkDirector
- David SeidlerWriter
Cast
- David CarradineCrane
- Daryl HannahJane
- Lim Kay TongKhan
- Lim Yu-BengBai
- Jimmy TaenakaBingo
- Osric ChauLang Han
- Christian LeeTong
- Yan Yan WuLian
- Cheng Pei-peiMyling
- Gary PetermanHoggins
- Nic RhindPeter Marshall
- Rosalind PhoWei