Dreadnaught
1981, NR, 91 min.
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Yuen Biao, Leung Ka-yan, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen Cheung-yan.

Director Yuen Woo-Ping is the action maestro best known on these shores for choreographing the phenomenal action sequences in The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This movie about a psychopathic killer also stars acting legend Kwan Tak-hing, who is seen here in his final film role. Reportedly, Dreadnaught‘s kung fu laundry scene was copied shot for shot in Batman Forever.

This article appears in December 29 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.