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Showing posts with label Kung Fu. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)

















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Like many films that come out of Hong Kong after Bruce Lee's death, The Black Dragon's Revenge looks at the speculation over the cause of Lee's death coupled with vows of several of Bruce's disciples to avenge his alleged murder. Also released as The Death of Bruce Lee, this Grade-A Brucesploitation (also Blax-fu) flick starring Ron Van Clief (The Black Dragon), Charles Bonet (Death Promise), and Bobby Canavarro (Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold).


Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Kung Fu Fever (1979)









Starring:
  • Dragon Lee
  • Ron Van Clief

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"Kung Fu Fever" is undeniably a wretched piece of filmmaking, and the movie would be nothing without martial arts star Dragon Lee, who really is a thrill to watch. Certainly one of the better Bruce Lee clones, only Dragon takes it a step further, and resembles in style a 70's Elvis as much as Bruce. The man is tacky.. Dragon and co-star Amy Chum make an attractive duo when they join forces to get possession of some instructional manual supposedly written by the late, great Bruce Lee. Amy Chum is an extremely sexy, leather-wearing, dirt bike riding wild girl, who cares about impressing her father, at any cost. Sure, the story is crap, and the dubbing is astoundingly bad. But the fight scenes featuring Dragon are actually very good. Dragon Lee had the moves, and that can't be denied, and this is the real reason why we watch this kind of film anyway. Considered by most people to be blatant exploitation, these Bruce Lee rip-off films can be seen as tributes, and as a record of just how much of an impact Bruce had on the world, and just how much he is missed.

Soul Brothers of Kung-Fu (1977)
















































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Three working-class immigrants become fast friends after bonding over their mutual love of martial arts, but when one of them becomes mixed up with a local mob boss, the other two have to save their friend. From the mob's evil clutches, or kill him trying! Come for the action, stay for Carl Scott's amazing shirt collection.