O Carrasco Do Kung Fu

KUNG FU EXECUTIONER is a very ordinary vehicle for Indonesian martial artist Billy Chong, who best work was in the supernaturally-themed likes of KUNG FU ZOMBIE and KUNG FU FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE. By comparison this is a conventional story lifted only by a supporting role from Carl Scott, a black martial artist and one of the few black actors in the history of Hong Kong cinema.

The story is very ordinary and sees Chong and Scott gunning for revenge when Chong's family is threatened by a criminal syndicate. Cue lots of low rent fight scenes, some of which have some slapdash violence. Generally the level of fight action is slightly below average and this is a routine basher more than anything else. The film's time period is rather odd; it's ostensibly set in the early part of the 20th century, but the characters all wear outrageous '70s-style fashions with massive shirt collars and the like so I'm not sure what's going on there.

At times the production seems to be a 'Bruceploitation' flick with dubbed on sounds playing over Chong every time he fights; come to think of it he's even given the same hairstyle as Lee. Anyway, the cheapness of KUNG FU EXECUTIONER lets it down, leaving this one for the dedicated fans. Also be aware of some unwelcome animal violence including an impaled bird and a severed dog's head that looks remarkably realistic.