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Set in the American Southwest during the 1870s
- and in flashbacks, China - this series follows Kwai Chang
Caine, Schooled in the spirit-mind-body Shaolin priesthood
by the blind, avuncular Master Po and the stern yet loving
Master Kan. Caine fled China on a $10,000 murder bounty, and
continues his search in America for his half brother, Danny
Caine. He is sought by Chinese assassins and American bounty
hunters. He continues to help others to his own detriment,
getting himself into difficult situations that he has to diffuse
with his verbal and Kung Fu skills. His training at the Shaolin
Temple proves he has enough words of wisdom and lightning
moves to ensure his quest continues...
Kung
Fu is arguably one of the better shows to come out of
the '70s. The show, paradoxically, coupled spirituality and
Eastern religion with kick-ass action.
Season
two kicks off (no pun intended) well with The Well
(again, no pun intended). This sees Caine being
helped by the family of an ex-slave who secretly have the
only wet well during a drought. Okay, it may not sound like
the most riveting of storylines, but this is an engaging plot.
Highlights
of this season include:
The Chalice: in which Caine promises a dying priest
that he will return a chalice that the priest had stolen,
but has since fallen into the hands of hooligans. The flashbacks
show how a catholic priest helped Caine while he was being
hunted by the imperial police after killing the Emperor's
nephew.
The Squaman: which tackles issues of race. Caine
befriends a man who loves his Indian wife but misses talking
to the white men who now shun him because he married a native.
In order to make friends the man gets himself into a heap
of trouble.
The
Solder: in which a soldier identifies Caine as one of
the bandileros who attacked and wiped out his troop.
A
Dream Within a Dream: Caine is not believed when he
claims he saw a man hanging from a tree on the trail, but
later he is accused of murdering the same man.
The
Nature of Evil: On his way to Eureka, Caine gets a feeling
which leads him to his old friend Serenity Johnson and a
town called Ninevah that is full of fear.
The
Region 1 edition may have been released over two months after
the UK version was released, but there are extras on this
version. Actor David Carradine provides an audio commentary
for a couple of the episodes (The Well and The Chalice)
and there is a short featurette entitled Zen and Now: A
Dinner with David Carradine and Friends.
This
is a fantastic collection and one that is worth buying for
nostalgic values alone.
Pete
Boomer
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