Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.
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Bruce Lee lookalike vehicles often get a lot of stick from fans.While it is true that too many suck,some of them (like this) are truer in flavour to the world of kung fu fantasy than the watered down movies Lee starred in.Why on earth do we need another DVD update of the over-screened ENTER THE DRAGON when someone could be releasing this obscurity. Then more people could enjoy (as i did) the sight of Bruce Li fighting gorillas (men in monkey suits) with glowing red e
In fact, don't waste more than $3. The movie is typical low-budget Kung-Fu, and contains one of the worst scenes ever, featuring a very very very VERY poor costumed person, fighting the main character.
Contains nudity. To say that it contains mild violence is like saying, "dogs have two eyes."
If you love to watch cheesy, old, low-budget Kung-Fu movies, then this is worth a watch, but don't spend a lot of your hard-earned money on it. Bruce Li has done several "Bruce Lee knock-off" and "Bruce Lee tribute" films, and anything from before the 80's is low-budget cheesy-Kung-Fu movie-gold. (Most of the older stuff was Bruce Lee knock-offs - newer stuff was more tributes)
Contains nudity. To say that it contains mild violence is like saying, "dogs have two eyes."
If you love to watch cheesy, old, low-budget Kung-Fu movies, then this is worth a watch, but don't spend a lot of your hard-earned money on it. Bruce Li has done several "Bruce Lee knock-off" and "Bruce Lee tribute" films, and anything from before the 80's is low-budget cheesy-Kung-Fu movie-gold. (Most of the older stuff was Bruce Lee knock-offs - newer stuff was more tributes)
My friend, Jacob, gave this movie to me for Christmas one year. I opened the paper and said out loud, "What the hell is this?" I later popped the movie in and discovered I had one of my favorite comedies in the VCR. This movie is so unintentionally hilarious. The men in monkey suits, the completely awful dubbing, the doofus characters, and let's not mention the possibility of incest in the plot that is treated as some sweet love story. When I have had a lousy day of shoveling yak vomit and listening to Barry Manilow songs in MIDI form at the local supermarket, I pop this dud in and laugh until I puke like the yak. When are they going to release this steaming pile of humorous fake gorilla dung on DVD? I want it. I will definitely purchase it at my local Big Lots before I will buy the 3-disc Platinum Ultimate Crappy Edition of Pearl Harbor. Hi-yah!
In the early twentieth century, a local no-good (Michael Chan) is banished from Shanghai and relocates to Malaysia, where he promises to mend his ways. He doesn't, of course, which necessitates a visit from the righteous Master Fok (Chen Sing)--better known as Huo Yuanjia--and his senior pupil (Bruce Lee imitator Bruce Li) to remind the exiled villain that there are no second chances. This low-budget prequel to the Bruce Lee classic "Fist of Fury" (aka "The Chinese Connection") almost works; the fight scenes are competent if not awe-inspiring, and the cast is full of Hong Kong screen veterans. But the viewer cannot take seriously what the filmmakers refuse to take seriously themselves, and when two very undernourished, upright-walking gorillas emerge as opponents for Bruce Li (whose acting and fighting skills should have landed him a decent role every now and then), it comes as little wonder that he never transcended the ghetto of Bruceploitation.
Tolerable if you're just looking for some martial arts action and aren't too fussy about the surrounding story. Otherwise, hard pass.
Tolerable if you're just looking for some martial arts action and aren't too fussy about the surrounding story. Otherwise, hard pass.
Saw this movie a couple of years back , and it was so bad, I literally threw it out. There is NO story some guy fights some bad guys, chases a girl, and fights men in gorilla suits. YUCK!! The movie sucks!! Its worth a rent only if you want to laugh AT it! Contains:Nudity, and mild violence.
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- TriviaOriginally titled in the worldwide English-dub releases as "Bruce Li the Invincible Chinatown Connection". In order to boost up more copy sales, the title was later shortened to simply "The Invincible" with the titular name changed to "Bruce Lee".
- GoofsDuring the fight with the gorilla, you can see the actor in the gorilla costume's neck for a brief moment.
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Pau-Bo: Well now. You dare to come here, dare to oppose us. You forget the girl. You're gonna get hurt, ah, you got that?
Chu-San: Guess so. But still, I have to check with my friend, see what he thinks.
Chan Sung: Hm, and where's this friend?
Chu-San: [raises his fist] He's here. He says no!
Chan Sung: Get him!
[They fight]
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Big Box: Don't Open the Door (2010)
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