Member Drunken Monk Posted May 12, 2020 Member Share Posted May 12, 2020 42 minutes ago, DrNgor said: Did you notice the torch-blowing villain who always looks like he's goofing off in the background? Yeah! He puts a knife between his teeth at one point. Definitely odd stuff. I like the fire breathing though. It was a nice touch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 12, 2020 Member Share Posted May 12, 2020 Four Shaolin Challengers (Hong Kong, 1977: Ngai Hoi-Fung) - Uninspired Wong Fei-Hung programmer about Butcher Wing (played by Larry Lee) who runs a butcher stall and a kung fu school in Hong Kong. When he starts teaching the "hawkers", or street peddlers, kung fu to stand up against the local extortion racket, they attack his school and injure him. Word reaches Po Chi Lam in Fushan, where three of his brothers--Devil Kick Chi (Bruce Liang, playing the same character that Yuen Biao plays in Kick Boxer and Xiong Xin Xin plays in the OUATIC series), Liang Kuan (Jason Pai Piao, playing whom I *think* is Leung Foon, Max Mok's character from OUATIC) and Ling Yung-Chieh (Wong Yuen San, another Bruce Liang collaborator). The go to Hong Kong and rescue a female friend of Butcher Wing who has been forced into prostitution. They start making trouble at the local gambling halls and brothels trying to discover who's in charge of racketeering in Hong Kong. Ngai Hoi-Fung spent most of his career as a cinematographer, racking up almost 200 credits from the 50s onward. He spent the end of his career directing kung fu movies, from Jackie Chan's Cub Tiger of Kwantung to the Mainland Chinese Young Hero of Shaolin films. Unfortunately, his directing here is pretty run-of-the-mill, with there being nothing in the visuals, the characterizations, or the action to really set it apart from hundreds of other low-budget potboilers in the genre. Ngai doesn't do anything egregiously incompetent, but you'll most likely be checking your watch whenever fists aren't flying, and maybe even then. The action is choreographed by Wong Mei, who worked on a number of Brucesploitation films like Bruce Lee the Invincible; Bruce Li in New Guinea; and Storming Attacks. His work is decent here, although Bruce Liang's furious kicking skills seem awfully toned down. Larry Lee looks better here doing shapes-oriented combat than his basher fighting in Showdown at the Equator. The other two actors, Pai Piao and Wong Yuen San, are pretty nondescript in their fighting. Pai Piao is one of those actors who could do really good work with the right choreographer, like in Dragon and Tiger Kids, but looks unimpressive otherwise. There are a lot of group fights--in the street, at a brothel, at a casino--and the finale has our heroes facing off against the main villain (Lau Dan) and a quartet of hired killers, including San Kuai (who throws metal balls at high speeds) and Charlie Chin, who has an iron vest technique. The action gets the job done, but is otherwise forgettable. And that's the film in a nutshell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 4:30 PM, Drunken Monk said: Bolo pops up only to be killed within seconds. Chiang Tao pops up only to be killed in seconds. Bolo appears in a number of fight's in this one, you may have watched a different version to the one I did. I cant recall how much screen time Chiang Tao has though. Pre to Bolo fighting Kwan-Yung-Moon, he gets invovled in at least one gang fight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, DragonClaws said: Bolo appears in a number of fight's in this one, you may have watched a different version to the one I did. I cant recall how much screen time Chiang Tao has though. Pre to Bolo fighting Kwan-Yung-Moon, he gets invovled in at least one gang fight. That may be my memory rather than the version I watched. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 This morning I watched Golden Dragon, Silver Snake. This one goes for both Chansploitation and Bruceploitation but sadly, it doesn’t pull off much of either. The plot is super simple. There are some maniacal bad guys looking for protection money off a bunch of business. They also want to buy a local farm whose owner isn’t selling. Dragon Lee plays a local cook who gets knee deep in the whole situation (the bad guys also killed his brother) and teams up with Wang Dae Wi to take them on. I actually thoroughly enjoyed the last half an hour of this film. Thoroughly. But everything else can be thrown in the bin. It’s pretty much boring save for Dragon Lee having a few scuffles here and there. It’s also obvious that Wang Dae Wi does not have the same ability as Lee. He’s definitely weak when it comes to fight scenes. The final thirty minutes is a where the action kicks in and while it’s not the greatest I’ll ever see, it’s a lot of fun. I actually like Dragon Lee’s intensity and he moves pretty well too. The final fight is particularly great as it involves a metal baseball bat, spiked shoes, tree climbing and some truly bizarre sound effects. In fact, all the sound effects in this film are pretty crazy. Especially Dragon Lee’s screams. They sound like someone choking on a walnut. Not one I’ll be revisiting anytime soon, I’m afraid. The final fight sequences just don’t justify watching the rest of the movie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Drunken Monk said: This morning I watched Golden Dragon, Silver Snake. This one goes for both Chansploitation and Bruceploitation but sadly, it doesn’t pull off much of either. For more Dragon Lee action check out Secret Ninja Roaring Tiger(1982), where he stars alongside Superkicker aster Hwang Jang-Lee. It's more in line with The Dragon's Snake Fist(1981), than it is Golden Dragon Silver Snake(1980). If you enjoy this, I would also recommend Five Pattern Dragon Claws(1983) and Martial Monks of Shaolin Temple(1983). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, DragonClaws said: For more Dragon Lee action check out Secret Ninja Roaring Tiger(1982), where he stars alongside Superkicker aster Hwang Jang-Lee. It's more in line with The Dragon's Snake Fist(1981), than it is Golden Dragon Silver Snake(1980). If you enjoy this, I would also recommend Five Pattern Dragon Claws(1983) and Martial Monks of Shaolin Temple(1983). There's also good action in: Dragon the Young Master; Dragon the Master (aka Dragon on Fire); and Enter Three Dragons (aka Dragon on Fire). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 Thank you fellas. Dragon Lee movies seem a little scarce on Prime Video so I may have to jump to YouTube. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 Dragon Lee is probably the funniest of the Bruce Lee fakes. I remember in one of his movies, this mofo used a tree as a weapon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, OpiumKungFuCracker said: Dragon Lee is probably the funniest of the Bruce Lee fakes. I remember in one of his movies, this mofo used a tree as a weapon. In Golden Snake, Silver Dragon he has a cylindrical backpack on throughout the entire fight. It bends in half about a million times, obviously empty. Then he pulls a metal baseball bat out of it later on. I audibly laughed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 Despite having never seen the first movie, I opted for Dragon, Bruce Lee Part 2 this afternoon. Partly because it was on Prime Video and partly because it sounded the most Bruce Lee-ish of them all. I was pleasantly surprised! It's your typical Chinese versus Japanese plot with Dragon Lee going full Fist of Fury but Bolo is the chief bad guy and Phillip Ko Fei gets two or three fights. I always forget how good Ko Fei was. That dude could throw shapes with the best of them. This is a good movie but it does need at least one more fight in the middle. It hits a small slump and things get a tiny bit boring. But everyone's on top form. Despite it being very Bruce Lee-like, the action is largely shapes based. Nick Cheung Lik has a few admirable fights here, despite being somewhat of a secondary character. Of course, people die, Dragon Lee trains (to the Rocky them, no less) and off he goes for the final showdown. Lee's fighting style is a lot more Bruce Lee than shapes which makes for quite a nice change. As I said, I liked this one. I'd certainly watch it again and maybe put it second to The Dragon's Snake Fist. I honestly like Dragon Lee. I'm not sure whether I prefer him to Bruce Le yet, but I'll continue watching and make my mind up soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, Drunken Monk said: I honestly like Dragon Lee. I'm not sure whether I prefer him to Bruce Le yet, but I'll continue watching and make my mind up soon. It seems to be a lot more positive overall. Despite one early setback, the films you've liked, you've liked a lot. Looking forward to more! I revisited Showdown at the Equator yesterday and my feelings on it are the same as in my review. I hope to watch and post about Black Belt Karate tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 13, 2020 Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) I watched Mission for the Dragon this afternoon and I don’t have a lot to say aside from that it’s incredibly dull and has very lackluster fights. There’s not a lot of details to go into. It has a boring murder mystery plot with character spending the entire film crying “This person did it!” That’s essentially it. The fights are mildly impressive at times but, for the most part, they’re entirely subpar. Then they add INSANE sound effects to make matters worse. Dragon Lee has this bizarre beeping mantis fist (???). Carter Wong’s in this one but this is further proof as to why I’ve never liked him as an on screen fighter. He’s like watching paint dry. Skip this one. You’ll be better off. Edited May 13, 2020 by Drunken Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 This morning I watched The Dragon, the Hero. Firstly, this is not a Dragon Lee movie. It's a Tino Wong and John Liu vehicle. Secondly, while Dragon Lee is in it and he does do his best Bruce impression, the version I watched seems to have cut a few of his scenes out. A poster I saw shows a "thumbchuck" scene that wasn't present in the film I watched. I thought it might be a poster image only but a review I read also mentions this scene. I watched an 80 minute version but IMDB also says the film is 80 minutes long so I'm not sure what happened there. Onto the movie... John Liu plays an undercover government agent trying to bust an antique smuggling operation led by Chan Lau. Chan Lau also runs this weird "fight club" where kung fu fighters can turn up, fight, and they're paid if they win. Phillip Ko Fei is then tasked with tracking down the winners, killing them and taking the money back. Tino Wong gets embroiled in all that. And Dragon Lee? He's just kind of there. I am happy to report that this is another kung fu gem I would have never seen had I not ventured into the world of Bruceploitation. Hell, this might even be my favourite John Liu movie. It's all about the fights here and the action (handled by Tang Tak-Cheung) is impeccable. I was not expecting action of this caliber at all. Everyone puts in top notch performances in the kung fu department. Even an unusual turn by Bolo Yeung is interesting, if not perfect. What more do you need to know? Tino Wong and John Liu end up in a two-on-one against Phillip Ko Fei that's wonderful. My only gripe is that Chan Lau is given a dog style kung fu that involves him biting people. It's very silly and is unnecessary in an otherwise fairly serious movie. He drags things down towards the end. In fact, his whole "dog" thing is weird. There's a flashback to where he gets his dick bitten off by a dog and now he kind of is a dog? I don't know...bizarre. I'm not sure the dub does it justice. Great movie. A real kung fu diamond. I just wish I got to see more Dragon Lee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 Black Belt Karate (Hong Kong/Indonesia, 1977: Suen A-Foo) - Okay, I watched this last night and I rather enjoyed it. It was one of those films that I was watching it, I wonder why it isn't more well known. We fans often take it as conventional wisdom that Heroes of the East was the first Chinese kung fu movie to treat Japanese martial arts with any degree of real respect. However, this film predates it by a year and Larry Lee, who apparently is a black belt in Goju-ryu (the same style that Yukari Oshima trained in, and apparently both Steven Seagal and Cynthia Rothrock have trained in it, too), gives the style an excellent showcase, giving it all the respect that it deserves. I should point out that I trained in Goju-Ryu for a number of years as an adolescent, so I might be biased. Larry Lee (best known for his collaborations with Bruce Leung Siu-Lung) plays Tommy, a country hick who shows up in Jakarta, Indonesia looking for work. He's also obsessed with karate, despite not actually knowing it. In typical kung fu movie fashion, he works a menial job deliving food, making periodic stops in front of a karate school in order to pick up a movement or two. He eventually gets fired, but is taken in by the head of the karate school, whose daughter has grown fond of him. Tommy is an exceptional student and learns quickly, even winning a trophy at the local amateur provincial tournament. Some misunderstandings lead to him getting kicked out of the school, but some treachery on the part of the school's head instructor leads the sensei to reinstate Tommy as a student and send him to Hong Kong for further training. While not a Brucesploitation film per se, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung shows up in the last half hour as Larry's advanced karate instructor. Leung Siu-Lung's Wikipedia page suggests that he trained in Goju-Ryu karate himself, although interviews with him suggest he studied only Northern kung fu and wing chun. In any case, Leung does his own thing in his fights, including a prolonged fight between him and perennial movie heavy Chiang Tao. That means machine gun punches and lots of spinning and roundhouse kicks, all performed with speed and power. He also does some Bruce Lee-esque nose thumbings, but nothing too Bruce-like. Indonesian actor Billy Chong makes an early HK appearance as the sensei's son and Larry's best friend. His character doesn't give a great performance, since his character is depicted as never quite being good enough. He does throw a few good kicks in his final fight and does some Bruce Lee-inspired gestures, too. That said, Larry Lee is at his absolute best here. A far cry from his manic basher fighting in Showdown At the Equator and his competent-but-not-great shapes in Four Shaolin Challengers, Lee is completely in his element fighting with pure Goju-Ryu. One thing I like is that the film is set in the modern day, but Lee choreographs the fights to look like shapes-oriented combat, but with authentic karate techniques and stances instead of kung fu. It's not *realistic*, but it shapes choreography isn't meant to be. His punches and kicks are crisper than they were in his other films and I just enjoy seeing joint kicks, mawashi (wheel) blocks, saifa (elbow) strikes and whatnot be incorporated so cleanly into the fighting. My only complaint about the action is that the relative realism of the fights is lost in the big finale, when the script suddenly introduces a new final boss, played by Lo Lieh. Lo Lieh shows up wearing a cape and challenges Larry Lee to a duel to the death. Lee fights with Sammo Hung regular Peter Chan and then Lo Lieh. That's where the trampoline jumps, edited flips and more exaggerated aspects of 70s kung fu action kick in. After the pure karate of the earlier fights, plus the manic no-frills fighting performance of Bruce Liang, the final fight is a bit of a letdown. The choreography isn't *bad*, but I wish they had gotten Yasuaki Kurata or Chen Sing to be the main karate heavy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 My second Dragon Lee film of the day is Dragon’s Infernal Showdown, a truly yawn-worthy dip in Lee’s seemingly not-so-bad filmography. I just couldn’t get into this at all. Lee’s looking for his family’s murderer, his love interest puts on a hat and now everyone thinks she’s a man, there’s a hilarious magnet sword... Yadda, yadda, yadda. It’s not entirely Bruce Lee-like but there are the usual screams and obligatory nunchaku scene. It’s just all very lame. The fights aren’t terrible but there’s very little here that truly impresses. It’s not good enough to be entertaining but not bad enough to be laughable. It’s just a complete throwaway. I think I have one more Amazon Prime Dragon Lee film left and then I’m moving onto YouTube. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BillyLo Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 I just watched Bruce Lee in New Guinea, a pretty bizarre film and obviously not filmed in Papua New Guinea since the natives are played by ethnically Chinese actors without a single Papuan visible. The film itself received poor reviews like most Brucesploitation films but I found it highly enjoyable. While it's not as good as Bruce Lee Against Superman (probably my favourite with Bruce Li), it was definitely crazy enough to keep me entertained. There's also a man in an ape costume like in Bruce Lee - The Invincible, only this time, he's an ally who protects the princess of the snake tribe who falls in love with Bruce. Definitely has to be seen! Please recommend me more of the outlandish Brucesploitation films! I'm hoping to watch more and revisit some I haven't watched in a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, BillyLo said: Please recommend me more of the outlandish Brucesploitation films! I'm hoping to watch more and revisit some I haven't watched in a long time. Start with Tower of Death. The action is top notch and the titular Tower of Death is actually a Sub-Basement Drug Lab of Death. Plus a guy in a lion costume *and* a full frontal female nudity in the same scene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Drunken Monk said: Great movie. A real kung fu diamond. I just wish I got to see more Dragon Lee. I need to revisit this one. I was getting interrupted left and right when I saw it the first time. 20 minutes ago, Drunken Monk said: My second Dragon Lee film of the day is Dragon’s Infernal Showdown, a truly yawn-worthy dip in Lee’s seemingly not-so-bad filmography. Surprising that you didn't like it as much; Tang Tak-Chung was doing the action in this one, too. And you loved his work in The Dragon, the Hero. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, DrNgor said: Surprising that you didn't like it as much; Tang Tak-Chung was doing the action in this one, too. And you loved his work in The Dragon, the Hero. He must have been tired during that movie or something. I was not impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 5/5/2020 at 12:48 PM, Drunken Monk said: Clones of Bruce Lee - Yes, a bunch of pot-bellied bronze men die by being force-fed grass On 5/12/2020 at 7:10 AM, DrNgor said: Bruce and Dragon Fist (South Korea, 1977: Shim Wu-Soeb, Zacky Chan) - or want to see a woman spend the entire third act trying not to get raped by a mute hunchback 4 hours ago, Drunken Monk said: The Dragon, the Hero. There's a flashback to where he gets his dick bitten off by a dog and now he kind of is a dog? I don't know if all these WTF moments in your reviews make me want to watch these less or more. I think more... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 This afternoon, I turned to YouTube to watch Enter Three Dragons aka The Dragon on Fire. The first thing of note is that this movie is FUCKING CONFUSING. You have two characters, both Bruce Lee clones, both called Dragon but neither of them are played by Dragon Lee. For twenty minutes I thought two of them were played by the same person. I still don't know who played who. HKMDB lists Bruce Lai but also lists Dragon Lea who's an alias of Bruce Lai! So who's the other one, Bruce Thai? My brain is about to explode. Sammy has got himself tied up with some bad guys. He's trying to get money for his mum but also wants out. So Bruce Lai (??) and Bruce Thai (??) come along to help. One of them is Dragon Lee's brother (??). Then there's a bad guy stealing diamonds of the main boss (Phillip Ko Fei) and...fuck me, it's all very messy. As a caveat, I was taking work calls while this was on so if it's much easier to follow than I'm making out, I apologize. Despite my mind being bent like a Matrix spoon, I really enjoyed this. Beyond everything, the plot doesn't really matter all that much. As long as you have the gist, it's all gravy. Why's Dragon Lee visiting a Buddhist monk? Who cares, really? The fights. Oh, the fights! They're really bloody good. Some people fight better than others (I didn't care for Samuel Walls that much) but most of the action is consistently excellent. From the Bruce styled stuff to the more shapes-based stuff. It's all quality. Phillip Ko Fei and Leung Siu Chung seemingly know how to play to people's strengths. Why I didn't love Walls (he's too gangly), he does look okay when fighting. It's obvious he knows how to thrown down. If Dragon Lee's your man, expect to be disappointed. He doesn't do an awful lot here. Nick Cheung Lik gets more of the limelight than he does. But don't take this as negativity. This is a VERY good Bruceploitation movie. In fact, I'd put it up there with some of the best as far as action goes. I just wish I could work out what the hell was going on. Super kudos goes to Phillip Ko Fei for pretty much fighting for 25 minutes straight. Until a wild Lee Hoi San appears! It's only then that Dragon Lee kicks into gear. Also, Dragon Lee is a fucking caricature of Bruce Lee in this film. He overdoes the facial expressions by about 200%. He needs to take his foot off the gas a little in this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 (edited) On 5/14/2020 at 4:44 PM, Drunken Monk said: This afternoon, I turned to YouTube to watch Enter Three Dragons aka The Dragon on Fire. The first thing of note is that this movie is FUCKING CONFUSING. You have two characters, both Bruce Lee clones, both called Dragon but neither of them are played by Dragon Lee. For twenty minutes I thought two of them were played by the same person. I still don't know who played who. HKMDB lists Bruce Lai but also lists Dragon Lea who's an alias of Bruce Lai! So who's the other one, Bruce Thai? My brain is about to explode. For my thoughts on the film... Dragon on Fire (1978) aka Enter Three Dragons Okay, so we begin with a dirty Diamond deal gone sour when the buyer, Sammy (Samuel Walls), is knocked out and relieved of the merchandise. Afraid to face his boss, Shen Ti (Chiang Tao), Sammy enlists the help of a friend, Dragon Hung (Bruce Lai, looking like Bruce Lee with thick eyebrows and a five o'clock shadow). At the airport, the guy sent to pick up Dragon Hung ends up picking up Dragon Yung (Bruce Thai, looking like Bruce Lee with mustache stubble) instead. Dragon Hung wanders around beats up some people before finally finding Sammy and his friend, Min Hung (Cheung Lik). Dragon Yung gets in a few fights and then spends the rest of the movie tied up, making one wonder why he was even included in the film in the first place. There's also Dragon Hung's brother, Bruce Hung (Dragon Lee, the unholy love child of Bruce Lee and Bolo Yeung), who'll Wander in and out of the movie until the last couple of fights. Long story short: Sammy was betrayed by Wong (Tiger Yang), Shen Ti's main henchman. Shen Ti stages a fake Diamond deal to unmask Wong's treachery. Unfortunately, the henchman Shen employs to help him beat Wong is a double agente for another crime boss, Kao Fei (Philip Ko Fei). Everybody ends up dead. Sammy goes to Kao Fei's place to rescue Min Hung's sister, Katie. What he gets instead is a royal butt-whooping at the hands of hired muscle Bolo (gee, I wonder who plays him). So it's up to Dragon Hung and Min Hung to pick up the slack and kick the living s*** out of everybody. And yeah, Bruce Hung will eventually show up just to beat people up, especially after a Shaolin abbot of questionable virtues tells him that Buddhism teaches one to return evil for evil. And Dragon Yung will do jack s***. If you can ignore the confusing story, the legendarily laughable dialog, scenes that make no sense whatsoever, and everything that isn't a fight scene, you can enjoy this movie. The fights are frequente and very good, if a little cheesy and repetitive. Everybody who isn't a Bruce Lee imitator dresses and fights as if they walked off the set of a kung fu period piece. Bruce Lai/Chang Yi Tao gets the most fight scenes, and he proves to be a really good kicker. Kudos to the filmmakers for giving him an especially long fight with Bolo Yeung, who gets to show off more moves than in other films I've seen him in. Dragon Lee is hammy as usual, but he shoots off some nice kicks, especially in the last fights. Bobby Walls does an interesting mix of tae kwon do kicks and hung gar. He looks a little hunchy, probably because of the height difference, but he's a fine addition to the list of talented black actors showing up in HK cinema. Cheung Lik does the usual late 70s mix of Southern styles and is fine. And Philip Ko Fei is in fine form as the main villain, with an eclectic mix of styles presented in the mannered old school form. It takes forever to beat him, and I'm disappointed that the three Bruce Lee clones didn't triple team at the very end. From a purely kung fu point of view, this is one of the better Brucesploitation films I've ever seen. Come for the fights and stay for the wonderfully goofy dubbing. Edited February 1, 2022 by DrNgor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BillyLo Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 hours ago, DrNgor said: Start with Tower of Death. The action is top notch and the titular Tower of Death is actually a Sub-Basement Drug Lab of Death. Plus a guy in a lion costume *and* a full frontal female nudity in the same scene. Already watched that loads of times. I’m not exactly a newbie having been into these films since childhood. I’m just on a journey to catch up with all the lesser known Brucesploitation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted May 14, 2020 Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 Just now, BillyLo said: I’m not exactly a newbie having been into these films since childhood. I’m just on a journey to catch up with all the lesser known Brucesploitation Try watching Dragon the Young Hero and Dragon's Snake Fist with Dragon Lee. They're loopy, but fairly entertaining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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