Kung Fu on Sale

"Kung Fu on Sale" (1979) is a pretty good movie (6/10) IF you enjoy the earlier martial arts genre. If you are not a fan of martial arts & kung fu flicks, you probably won't appreciate this film. I would suggest watching more popular martial arts movies... when you develop a taste of the genre, return and check this one out for historical reasons.

As with many of the kung fu films I have seen, "Kung Fu on Sale" follows a person on their path to learning a martial art. In terms of artistry, the dubbing is entertaining in how horrible it is. The poor voice acting and western "hoedown" music adds to the silly nature of this already half-comedy.

I would equate this to a B-level Jackie Chan early years movie.

This film is slow to start and picks up around the middle. The beginning is full of comedic bits that probably get lost in translation. The physical comedy is more of a sad-trombone music style that isn't laugh out loud funny. What balances this movie in general is the comedy, action, story and morals rolled up into one.

Morals presented in the movie include the power of family, money vs dreams & practicing moderation.

Not bad for a 1979 movie I have never heard of.