"Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" (1993) TV series 1993-1997

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Jorge Montesi
Paul Shapiro

Writers:

Michael G. Chin (writer)
Gordon Farr (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

27 January 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Kwai Chang Caine was a priest at a Shaolin temple, where his son Peter also lived and studied. The temple...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Shaolin Temple | Shaolin Monk | Police | Kung Fu

Cast

David Carradine	...	Kwai Chang Caine (84 episodes, 1993-1997)
Chris Potter	...	Peter Caine (83 episodes, 1993-1997)
Richard Anderson	...	Narrator / ... (82 episodes, 1993-1997)
Kim Chan	...	Lo Si / ... (51 episodes, 1993-1997)
William Dunlop	...	Chief of Detectives Frank Strenlich (48 episodes, 1993-1997)
Nathaniel Moreau	...	Young Peter Caine (45 episodes, 1993-1996)
Robert Nicholson	...	Det. Blake (44 episodes, 1993-1997)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (88 episodes) | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Quotes:

[Original opening. Scene: 15 years before the present]
Narrator: The grandson of Kwai Chang Caine walks out of the past.
Young Peter Caine: But I want to fight.
Kwai Chang Caine: Yes. So did your great-grandfather when he was your age.
Narrator: He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple. An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other had perished.
[Jump to the present]
Narrator: Fifteen years later, they were reunited. Now Caine faced new challenges... and his son grew up.
Peter Caine: Look, I'm not my father. I don't do kung fu. I'm a cop. That's who I am. That's what I do.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Follows "Kung Fu" (1972)

The best TV-series since "Magnum, P.I."

One of the local channels just started airing this less than a month ago. They show it every workday night. I fully agree with the first comment here (by anonymous, 27 October 1998). At first, I thought it was lame, but after I had watched 1 or 2 episodes, I really began to like it and now I watch it every day if I have the chance. The most of all I like the character of Kwai Chang Caine. When fighting, he uses minimum violence to defeat his opponents, never kills them (at least I haven't seen it yet). He is kind and wise etc. I haven't seen the original series or the movies, but his character makes me want to see these too.

This IS one of the (very few) best series since "Magnum, P.I.", in my humble opinion. The similarity between Magnum and Kung Fu: TLC is that while both deal with action and fighting bad guys, their real focus is on human relations, friendship etc. And more - in Magnum, Tom Selleck fit the role so perfectly, that it was hard to believe this was acting. I think it is also true with David Carradine.