Rating:

Aka: THE BIG RASCAL / MACHO MAN

Stars: Chi Kuan Chun, Wang Chin, King Kang (Kam Kong)

Director: Chi Kuan Chun

1979, Hong Kong, Champion Films

 

A young and poor man (Chi Kuan Chun) with exceptional kung fu skills is offered a bodyguard job in a gambling house. He takes it but only temporary with plans to earn some money and build his own business to support himself and his brother. But slowly he is dragged into the criminal aspects that he serves. And before he gets a chance to see how wrong he was his brother gets killed and his whole life is turned upside down. Hungry for revenge he has now become what he so much hated.

 

When it starts you think it’s going to be a horrible movie, cause there's a girl who acts like a school kid. But then it turns out to be pretty OK.

The martial arts wasn't to good, lots of table throwing and stuff like that, but it was more than watchable and it actually gets better the second half of the film.

Pretty enjoyable movie after all, it even had a subplot and a massage which isn't common in old school films. I would recommend you to buy it cause it's one of those flicks that you can watch when you haven't got anything for you, and if you're a die hard Chi Kuan Chun fan then you should really buy it.

 

I’ve seen Chi Kuan Chun better but he fights OK and he's charismatic and makes you feel sorry for him. I also thought that he would appear in more than one short training scene, as he likes to do that. I didn't know this guy had directed any movies.

Cameo by Ma Chiu Ku who gives Chi a hard time.

Kam Kong looked overweight and slow and gets beaten up badly so he doesn't get to fight to much as he's wounded the major part of the film. But I still like this dude and he's becoming one of my favorite villains these days.

There’s also a girl who likes doing forms, she’s acrobatic and nimble but she doesn’t move like a proficient martial artist. Still, she isn't horrible to watch and it's funny to see her fight Chi's brother when he, just by accident, watches her doing a form and she gets mad and kicks his butt. By the way, the girl is doing a form just about every time the camera's on her.

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