Directors: Richard
Tung Chin-Hu, Lily Lau
Notable Cast: John
Liu, Hwang Jang-Lee, Wong Yat-Lung, Yip Fai-Yang, Cho Kin, Phillip Ko Fei, Hsu
Hsia, Roy Horan
There is a part of me that is saddened by Snuff Bottle Connection. Not because the
film is bad, in fact it’s quite the opposite. This film is solid and a great entertaining
kung fu flick. It’s about how the film has been essentially lost to time. My
DVD copy is obviously a VHS transfer (complete with tracking problems) and this
film is of high enough quality that it deserves a legitimate release to save it
from the ravages of time and obscurity. Snuff
Bottle Connection is a film that’s bursting at the seams with talented
performers and its plot blends a lot of martial arts clichés with some
heartfelt characters and an energy to sell it all. Yet, here I am watching it
for review in a fuzzy, color bled and poorly dubbed version and it kind of
makes me sad despite all of the great things that it has going for it as a kung
fu flick.