Kuan Fung Yi (Alexander Fu Sheng) is a hot-headed mill worker who wants more out of life than a dawn to dusk shift... You know, some of those little perks the 1% enjoy- like shoes... Take it from a former factory worker: it's dehumanizing; one is little more than a cog in a machine (a replaceable cog, as the owners never tire of pointing out to workers). Fung's death is shown in black and white- no doubt to appease the censors at the time of the movie's release (and, not unlike the red-tinted sequences in Chang Che's HEROES TWO, these scenes feel oddly out of place). Just how disinterested is his boss in Fung's welfare? When he's told that Fung has died, the boss rushes to check on his fighting cricket (which he had named after Fung). Let that be a lesson to anyone who thinks the 1% really care.
Review of Disciples of Shaolin
