The Buddhist Palm Strikes Back >> review

SERIES REVIEW >> THE BUDDHIST PALM STRIKES BACK
Yu Loi Sun Jeung Joi Jin Gong Wu Date Aired: 6.14.1993 No. of Episodes: 20	Cast & Characters
	Eddie Kwan Lai Kit ---Lung Gim Sang Ada Choi Siu Fun --- Tin Heung Lau Ka Fai --- Fa Wan Elvina Kong Yan Yin --- Ling Fung Jimmy Au Shui Wai --- Yat Fei Catherine Hung Yan --- Ching Ching Yeung Tak Si
	Character Briefs
		Eddie Kwan is Lung Gim Sang. He is a very funny character and knows (sort of) how to save himself from all kinds of trouble. A very lucky guy that marries 2 beautiful girls in the end.
		Ada Choi is Tin Heung. She is ambitious and she tries to restore her household's honor using whatever means she can find. Eventually learns all levels of the Buddha Palm kung fu but still loses to Gim Sang anyway.
		Lau Ka Fai is Fa Wan. He unintentionally killed his father-in-law when his marriage was opposed, and because of this, he was driven out of the martial world. He comes back to avenge many years later, even using his own daughter. Gets killed by Tin Heung whom he had a joy of torturing.
		Elvina Kong is Kung Sin Ling Fung. She is a student of Or-Mei Clan. She first disguises as a guy but Gim Sang finds out that she is a girl. She likes Gim Sang and gets pregnant by him (hence almost gets killed by her master for this shameful deed).
		Jimmy Au is Yat Fei. He is a perverted jerk who even killed his own master. He is engaged to Ling Fung but also constantly hits on Tin Heung. Later teams up with Tin Heung and Fa Wan and does bad things but gets killed by...?
		Catherine Hung is Ching Ching. She is Fa Wan's daughter. She meets Gim Sang at a point where he loses his memory and falls in love with him. When she is so close to getting married to him, he finds his memory back. She is the reason for his dilemma but in the end, he settles down with both her and Ling Fung.
		Yeung Tak Si, starring as -?- He often shows up with Gim Sang's old white-haired funny master. Very funny.
	Review
	This series is special to me in many ways because 1. it was the very first series I saw Jimmy in and 2. I didn't like him AT ALL back in those days. His character is not all that endearing as you would've noticed. Took a while to convince me that he could actually play good and heroic roles.... Basic storyline - Lung Gim Sang (Eddie Kwan) and Tin Heung (Ada Choi) have been household enemies for generations. While Gim Sang is easy going, Tin Heung is ambitious and thinks of beating Gim Sang's household at any given moment. Gim Sang meets a girl named Ling Fung (Elvina Kong) whom he thought was a guy at first, but after it is discovered that she is not, they fall in love. However, Ling Fung is engaged to a sleaze bag named Yat Fei (Jimmy Au), who flirts with Tin Heung a lot. Then there is Fa Wan (Lau Ka Fai) who seeks revenge for being forced out of the martial world. Gim Sang falls off a cliff when Fa Wan attacks him, and loses his memory. He meets Ching Ching (Catherine Hung) who takes care of him, and the two both fall in love. But later, he is caught in a dilemma because he gains his memory back. It is also discovered that Ching Ching is Fa Wan's long lost daughter... sometime before Gim Sang lost his memory, he unintentionally got Ling Fung pregnant and everything is just a huge mess. In the end, Tin Heung succeeds in learning the kung fu that would surely beat Gim Sang BUT! How the hell did she lose anyway? After all this ordeal, Gim Sang, Ling Fung, and Ching Ching all live happily ever after, oh joy. This series is NOT to be confused with "Buddha's Magic Palm" or something like that, an 80's series starring Jamie Chic, Susanna Au Yeung Pui San, and Ng Man Tat. They share the basic storyline somewhat, but "The Buddhist Palm..." is much more light-hearted, comical, and plain silly. This of course is not Eddie's (or Jimmy's) best series. In fact, Eddie looks quite ugly here because he is always making goofy, horny faces. We can also see Ada at a tender age of 20, already having mastered the art of looking incredibly evil. I didn't like Catherine in this series, even though one cannot blame her for getting it on with Gim Sang's character after he loses memory. If bi/polygamy wasn't so common in the ancient world, I think she should have stepped aside quietly and let him live with Ling Fung and their baby... You can enjoy many more Eddie/Jimmy duo where Eddie is the good guy and Jimmy is the bad guy. Ada & Catherine also co-star and fight for one man in "All About Tin." The themesong for "The Buddhist Palm..." is sung by Jacky Cheung.
	Scenes
		Ching Ching & Gim Sang are having a dandy time when he is experiencing amnesia. Stupid Gim Sang, what about Ling Fung!
		Fa Wan asks his daughter Ching Ching to steal Gim Sang's kung fu - innocent Ching Ching has no choice but to follow the order.
		Gim Sang who knows no kung fu whatsoever, pulls a trick that would deceive everyone. Yat Fei is just awe-stricken by this nonsense.
		Tin Heung learns all levels of the Buddha Palm and turns all freaky and evil!
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