Prince of the Sun

Hong Kong Classic Review

Prince of the Sun - 1990

Starring :

Conan Lee , Cynthia Rothrock , Lam Ching-Ying , Jeff Falcon

1990

Even though having made quite a few Hong Kong films Cynthia set her sights on the states and with the help of Golden Harvest this all came to fruition, but one other film she made in the east, later on, was Prince of the Sun which was a kind of co-starring role with the late great Lam Ching Ying and Conan Lee.

Now Prince of the Sun was a kind of eastern Golden Child as it was to do with the living Buddha here played by a small child (just like Golden Child) Cynthia plays a monk from the Temple as do other monks who are evil and wish to destroy the living Buddha so evil may reign.

Lam Ching Ying plays the protector of the child who is killed protecting him but Lam crops up throughout as a spirit to help the young boy and Cynthia get to their goal.

Now the boy escapes the evil ones and gets hooked up with Conan Lee who is smuggling himself into Hong Kong with his friend but gets separated from his friend and ends up helping the young boy and taking him to his friend's relative house here played by Sheila Chan, who happens to be a crazy schemer and gambler, who upon witnessing the boys powers wants to use him for ill-gotten gain.

But with the evil lama's on the trail to find the kid and Rothrock as his guardian angel out to save him what you end up with is a roller coaster ride of a film with lots of fighting near slapstick comedy and crazy story-lines some of which are not very PC.

But this makes for some great entertainment.

It's a crack with these old Hong Kong films they just did not care who they offended as it was never ill-intended.

But you could not do the things they did then now I am sure.

So even though only a co-starring role for Cynthia and she is doubled for a couple of scenes whether because of certain stunts or time constraints which is mostly the case with these old Kick flicks as shooting time was always on a tight schedule.

This is worth tracking down, and watching just for the crazy fights, as well as entertain you in other ways it did me.

Reviewed by: Sertes Nake

Alternate Covers and Posters

Prince of the Sun was more of a feature for Conan Lee , but in most regions Cynthia was better known and it was her name and image used to sell the film. Her role is still very focused but it's interesting to see how in some advertising material Conan Lee#s involvement is only mentioned in small print, other poster have him billed alongside Cynthia and then the Chinese poster seel the film as a Lam Ching -Ying film. But when it comes down to it each of these three martial artist actors are a joy to watch and all three in the same film well your spoilt really.