This portion of the film is easily the weakest as it eschews the sheer craziness for more serious action and crime drama mixed with martial arts – marking a period (post the success of Enter the Dragon) in which the West and the East came together to try and bring kung-fu to more mainstream cinema by incorporating it into other genres. Fists – pretty self-explanatory, this portion of Fists of Fury looks at how martial arts films combined kung-fu with gun play in films such as Blacklist, Jaguar Lives (released in the UK some years ago by Arrow Video) and Hammer Films, They Call Me Mr. Of course no trailer compilation about weapons could exist without an appearance of the master swordsman himself, the Shogun Assassin Ogami Ittō, and this does not disappoint, including as it does a trailer for Lightning Swords of Death amongst its line-up. Weapon Deception – taking a look at the use of weapons in martial arts, from samurai swords, fans, poles – of the bamboo and Shaolin variety, hair(!), tiger claws, and the flying guillotine (though how could you NOT include this one?). This section features the works of actors such as Bruce Li and Bruce Le and a surprising appearance by Sammo Hung in his kung-fu spoof, Enter the Fat Dragon, which saw Hung channel the look of Lee in a film apparently inspired by the life of “a die-hard Bruce Lee fan.” If there’s one thing you can take away from these trailers it’s the fact that Bruce Lee’s nunchaku sequence AND Han’s claws from Enter the Dragon had a HUGE influence on the Bruce Lee wannabes of the time – they appear in almost all the trailers on show here! Highlights here include trailers for Deadly China Doll and Sister Street Fighter (a personal favourite).īruceploitation – the myriad of films that tried to cash in on Bruce Lee’s untimely death. This portion of the compilation also features appearances from other female superstars of the genre, such as the queen of 70s kung-fu flicks Anglea Mao. ![]() Opening with one of the greatest female-led martial arts films EVER, Righting Wrongs, aka Above the Law, the second film Cynthia Rothrock film I ever saw which – along with China O’Brien – made me a fan of Rothrock’s for life. ![]() However their latest compilation, Fists of Fury, takes a look martial arts movies of the 70s and early 80s, showcasing a wealth of kung-fu movies from the sublime to the ridiculous.įists of Fury is split into individually themed sections, each introduced by Cynthia Rothrock in brief skits, including:įemme Fatales – those ladies that kicked arse and took names during the 70s and 80s. Keeping up this tradition is Full Moon, who have released a number of trailer compilations already as part of the Grindhouse line – mainly focussing on the sleazier end of genre cinema like Naziploitation and women in prison movies. Titles such as Trailer War, Trailers from Hell, the UK’s very own Grindhouse Trailer Classics, Drive-In Delirium, Attack of the 80s, and 42nd Street Forever have not only kept the trailers alive in a physical format, but also allowed new audiences to discover new (old) films. In this time of streaming and digital downloads, where films come sans trailers and extras, there’s no real way – beyond these types of compilations – of seeing interesting trailers for obscure films you may not be aware of. Trailer compilations have, in recent year, become big business, they have also become increasingly important in terms of keeping trailers alive. Another clash looks imminent, Chen makes his surprise appearance.Presented by Cynthia Rothrock | Written by Leroy Patterson | Directed by Charles Band It is understood that the school will be held responsible for Nin Mu’s death, if Chen fails to give himself up. While Chen’s colleagues Chen-hsia and Li-erh ( Nora Miao) are boiling with anger, the Japanese Consul arrives with a chief police detective. ![]() Later, the Ching Wu School comes under a massive attack by Nin Mu’s henchmen for revenge. In the ensuing combat, he slays the top Japanese fighters Nin Mu and a Russian boxers on their side. Chen forces his way into the Japanese Association. But he changes his mind at the last minute upon the discovery of his teacher’s death was masterminded by the Japanese Association. At the wish of his colleagues, Chen is about to leave the troubled scene for a while. It is a national insult to the Chinese, therefore angered Chen storms the Japanese Association. A tablet bearing the characters “The Sick Nation in Eastern Asia” is sent to the school by a Japanese Martial Arts Association. ![]() Chen Chen ( Bruce Lee) arrives at Shanghai to attend the funeral of his teacher, famed boxer Ho Yuan-chia.
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