Two rival gangs are trying to get a name list and money from this billionaire old guy who never goes outside or trusts anyone. Bruce Li shows up to install a security system in the old guy's mansion, and gets tangled up in both gangs. The gangs fight and try to outsmart each other and mysterious figures are shown to be controlling them. Bruce Li hooks up with the old guy's daughter, he even gets a kiss out of her, SCORE! The girl ends up getting kidnapped and the old guy has to bring the name list if he wants her back. Of course, fights break out, true motives are revealed, and Bruce Li kicks ass!
What can I say, I liked it. I only had this sitting on my shelf for over a year before I finally got around to watching it. Sure, it has a thin plot, bad dubbing, offensive 70's fashions, funny looking gwailos, but I still liked it anyway. Bruce Li is likable as the security system installer who also knows kung fu and how to pick up chicks. Unfortunately, he has the worst voice actor dubbing him, the guy just sounds dumb is all. If you can get past that, no problem! I liked the fights and thought they were well done, the one where Bruce Li fights the guy in the playground was my favorite. The guy he fights kicks not too bad, and shows off his bootwork in a couple scenes.
Now, the nitpicking begins. There is one scene where it has a guy dialing his boss on the phone, the phone or rather walkie-talkie rings, so a woman answers it, but the voice that comes out is a woman's! Wait, it just showed a guy dialing and now a woman's voice is heard. Also watch out the blonde gwailo with the funky shades who fights a baton that has blades that pop out the ends, and it pull out into nunchuks. This guy looks kinda freaky, it's a combination of his hair, shades, and clothes. The sad/scary thing is that at one time those clothes were cool! The so-called plot involves a name list, they still trying to get a name list even in contemporary movies. How many kung fu movies involve some bad guys trying to get a rebel name list, they just updated it to the 70's. The old guy who hires Bruce Li makes a point of saying he never goes outside because he doesn't like the sunlight, yet at the end he goes outside. I guess he has to save his daughter, still he doesn't even put on sunglasses. The old guy's daughter still has stuffed animals and stuff on her bed, although one does shoot darts from it's head. I wonder if she has tea with them?
Enjoyable fights and 70's style(or lack of) collide in Bruce Li's directorial debut. It could have been better, but it's still better than anything Bruce Le could do. What can I say, I liked it. I know I'm repeating myself, but I don't know what else to write. I go now. Bye.
Read my DVD review of Fists of Bruce Lee from Gemstone Entertainment.
Reviewed by Keith.