A short action film interwoven into a documentary tells the story of the legendary unsung heroes of Hong Kong film, the stuntmen and women. This film features the world's most illustrious stuntmen, and many current working stuntmen, profiled through interviews and clips that showcase their work. It explores their death-defying feats and foolhardy working methods and traces their origin back to the original Hong Kong stuntmen known as "red trousers" - a term used to describe acrobats in Peking Opera. By incorporating the martial arts, fantasy, adventure short action film, "Lost Time," the viewer is given an actual account of how stunts are created and executed on film.
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 22 Apr 2004
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Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen was released in 2003 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 14 reviews, giving Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen (2003) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 58%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen than critics were.
With a score of 57%, Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like Scary Movie 3, Wrong Turn and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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