Come Drink with Me

Being able to see early films that inspired film makers to make the films that they do today is something special for an audience, and here we're able to watch a classic that we can see so many other movies were spawned from. The two biggest ones that come to mind are Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, watching this film you can see the influences that struck these directors. The lead role of Golden Swallow is played by 19-year-old Pei-Pei Cheng, and its amazing to see her go through the action sequences as if she were an old pro.
When the son of the local governor is kidnapped by bandits of Jade Faced Dragon he sends his daughter Golden Swallow to rescue him and defeat the bandits. The story alone is pretty straight forward in the way of martial arts films, and just like others of its kind it's the unassuming female character that's going to do the most damage. Some of the action is so fast paced you'll have to re-watch the sequences in order to catch everything that happens. With the outstanding choreography of the fights and a story that's easy to follow director King Hu brings to life a pioneering movie in the Hong Kong martial arts cinema.
I was drawn to this film more for the other movies that had been spawned from the concept and the action sequences that were used then the actual film. But after seeing it, like so many other martial arts films, it was well worth the time. Watching some of these older films are a real treat, some of the more obscure ones were never transferred to video tape, but with the cheaper, yet higher quality, of DVDs there is a resurgence of popularity in the genre that will bring to light some of these forgotten classics.