Out of all of the Bruceploitation actors, Bruce Le was probably one the actual best fighters.Bruce Li and Dragon Lee are also really good, however, it seemed as if they got better extras to beat up on. And if you want to see how badly this can effect a fight, click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xsaTSIh32qE. There, see how bad that turned out? However, this film fixes that problem, and pits Bruce Le up against such greats as Lo Lieh,James Nam, Cheung Lik, Chan Wai Man, Kong Do, Chu Chi Ling, Nora Miao, Leung Siu Wa, as well as that old guy from the Magnificent butcher that got beat up for stealing a chess piece. We also get a brief cameo from Bolo Yeung. So as you expect, the fights are pretty good.This amazing cast really helps the film out, and it also doesn't hurt that the soundtrack is pretty funky, too. The last 20 minutes is just endless action.
The plot isn't worth explaining. Basically, Le plays Bruce Wong (seriously, that's his name in the movie) who is looking for "The Kung Fu Finger-Book", which is a book written by Bruce Lee that teaches the finger kung fu style. Why Bruce Lee didn't write something about Jeet Kune Do, the style he actually used, I don't know.
I'd be lying if said this film wasn't with out its oddities. First off, I watched this dubbed, and I was actually laughing at how many times they mentioned the kung fu finger-book. They said this so many times, it began to come across as if they were just seeing how many times they could force it into conversation. There's also a chase scene. A very slow chase scene. Pitiful actually, but its really short, so whatever. Plus, the ending on my copy cuts off early. Bruce is killing the main bad guy and then it cuts to a back screen with "The end" pasted over it. I guess they did this to cut out some gore to get a lower rating, but considering the fact that this was made in 1976 and Hong Kong didn't have a rating system at the time, that wouldn't make any sense. I guess they just ran out of film.
Anyways, if you like cheesy Bruceploitation flicks give it a go, heck, even fans of kung fu in general should look in to it for it's all-star cast. The fights are good, the story is utter crap, and the tunes are groovy. I enjoyed it enough, and I would advise you to rent it if you casually view these types of films, but buy it if your a collector, its a solid waste of a Sunday afternoon.
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