Offscreen

ZEN KWAN DO STRIKES PARIS
20 March 2022 - 19h00
Ren quan wei zhen Ba Li
John Liu
HK, 1981, 35mm, V ENG ST FR & NL OND, 95'
John Liu wrote, directed and stars in this bonkers vanity vehicle in which high-kicking John Liu (playing himself) flies to Paris to rescue his kidnapped dad, but literally loses the plot amid tragic romantic flashbacks of scantily-clad girlfriends, duels against random karate champions, and a visit to the dentist.