Item #: 3260 Category: MARTIAL ARTS Format: VHS MPAA Rating: PG

Woolly Rating: 5/10 (112 votes)

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Matt	Jun 14, 2002 @ 13:47:56

Hwang Jang Li & Jimmy Liu
This is a 1979 Joseph Juo (18 bronzmen) movie starring Jimmy Liu, Hwang Jang Lee, Kan Chia Fung, and Han Kuo Tsai This movie is said to be adapted from a script originally intended for Jackie Chan, 'Dragons Claws' and is very much in the kung fu comedy tradition. Here's the review from http://www.carly.clara.net/dragonsclaws.htm "Jimmy Liu plays the son of the leader of the Dragon Boxing sect, Lung Tzu. A rival renegade master, Ling Fung (Hwang Jang Lee), challenges and kills Lung Tzu but when he obtains the golden tablet that goes with the title of 'sect leader' it turns out to be a fake. Jimmy and his mother go into hiding and are hunted by Ling Fung who believes that the two are in possession of the real gold tablet. While in hiding Jimmy spends his time training and learning a mysterious strange style from an old medicine seller. When the villainous Ling Fung finally tracks him down, Jimmy is ready. This is pretty much yer standard kung fu revenge story and while 'Dragons Claws' doesn't really bring anything new to the genre, its an enjoyable enough movie. The plot is for the most part quite standard; young kid fights villain and loses, kid trains hard, kid comes back to kick villain's ass. There could have been more though. There is some background character development that does add more interest but its never followed through. For example a past relationship between Billy's mother and Ling Fung (Hwang Jang Lee) is hinted at and for a while looks as if it is going to play a major part but by the end it seems to have been simply forgotten about. At times reasonably funny and at others just plain odd (like the urine drinking scene) the comedy doesn't seem to work quite as well as in other similar and superior works (e.g. Drunken Master, Snake in the Eagles Shadow). The film does contain some cracking fights though (and at the end of the day that's really what its all about), due in no small part to Hwang Jang Lee who puts in a fantastic performance and, as usual, steals the show. Jimmy Liu is also good but its really the film's villain that makes this worth watching with some excellent kicking combinations. The choreography compares well with other Joseph Kuo films I've seen and some nice use is made of freeze frame at key points in the fighting. Complaints about lack of plot aside, altogether its a decent little kung fu movie." I agree, a solid review! I'd give it 6.5 out of 10. It's worth viewing, and owning if you are a collector. This movie is part of the widescreen/ subtitled Joseph Kuo series currently available, though Wild&Wooly probably have the dubbed version. Matt

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