Jie quan da dong kau

Standard plot with plenty of familiar elements. Dragon is sent on a mission to contact the forces resisting the brutal Japanese occupiers and their quisling enablers. Continuity wasn't even a consideration, apparently, as characters come and go, and plot threads dangle from the sleeves. So why bother?

Dragon is a reliable hero when the exposition stops and the fighting begins. And Bolo is in the house! As usual, he plays the toughest of the bad guys who must be faced in the climactic showdown. Bolo's signature style of facing 90 degrees away from his opponent makes me think what a great NFL quarterback he could have been. Besides being hard to sack, he'd be the master of no-look passes, frustrating the heck out of defensive backs.

Pardon the digression. The lame story allowed my mind to wander, and I watched this on a fall afternoon. Fast-forward through the dull stuff and enjoy two artists doing what they did so well.