The Bare-Footed Kid

An entertaining story about a boy with miraculous kung fu gifts, situated in the past – and this makes it possible to use classic Chinese costumes. The film is subtly told and the choreography of the fight scenes is of the very highest quality.
A young kung fu artist (Aaron Kwok) was recently orphaned and seeks solace with a friend of his father (Lung Ti) and his female boss (Maggie Cheung). The police recognise the boy’s special skills and occasionally make use of them. The boy may be able to fight well, but he is not very clever and one day some crooks lure him into a trap. His benefactors are now falsely accused. There is also a schoolteacher who teaches the uneducated boy the importance of writing and also awakens more feelings in him – giving the film a sensitive dash of melodrama.
The Bare-Footed Kid is an example of a well-made genre film with which the director tries to transcend the genre. (GjZ)

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