In 1978 Jackie Chan made "Drunken Master". A month earlier, Billy Chong made the same movie only he called it "Jade Claw" or "Crystal Fist". In both movies a kung fu wannabe works in the kitchen of a kung fu school and meets his master there. The storyline similarities go on and on but let me just make one remarkable point. The master in both movies was Simon Yuen. Soon after both actors tried to break into the American market. Again Billy Chong beat Jackie Chan to the release. This time he also beat Jackie Chan by making a western and a black/Chinese buddy movie. To truly appreciate "Sun Dragon" I compare it to "Battle Creek Brawl". Still, I can't understand where that horrible dubbing came from. I can't believe a movie could play in theatres with those idiotic voiceovers. Anyway, putting the sound aside, "Sun Dragon" certainly wins for action and for hitting all the pluses that USA audiences would go for, like making it a western too. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of skill from the "Hollywood" stuntmen. The stuntmen in Jackie Chan's movie dragged the film into the ground. Carl Scott fought like Sammo Hung spray painted black and I mean that only as a compliment. Nevertheless both movies flopped and the motion picture industry worldwide pulled the plug on kung fu movies after 1982 and that was the end of Billy Chong. It was not the end of Jackie Chan because he made action comedies with great stunts that had a lot of fighting too (but not kung fu movies). That's another review though.
