Version: Hong Kong Connection DVD. Dub only.
It goes without saying that you shouldn't expect much from a movie with such a title as 'Strike of the Thunderkick Tiger'. This is your typical 70s kung-fu movie with a weak plot, crazy dubbing, and lots of random hero vs a dozen villains fight-scenes.
I watched this movie twice, yet still managed to not understand the story at all. As far as I can tell, three criminals (with bizarre names) rob a bank, but only one knows where it is eventually hidden. Of course, he dies, and the key to the money's location is hidden inside a Rubik's cube, in the possession of his daughter. The other two criminals, and their respective gangs, try to catch the daughter, but are opposed (for reasons I couldn't figure out) by Casanova Wong's character Thunderkick Tiger. That's quite a name he has there: according to one of the gang leaders, Tiger's legs were once completely broken, but then healed and became stronger than a normal persons legs, and now he is Thunderkick Tiger. That's normal, isn't it?
That's about it. The rest of the movie is Thunderkick Tiger thunderkicking away at gang-members, while never providing any reason for why he is protecting the girl - his character doesn't come off as a nice guy. Don't let his bowl-cut and wimpy mustache fool you, he's not a simple do-gooder, so why is he helping her?
And then comes the conclusion. Don't get me wrong, I thought most of the movie was great fun. There are a lot of cheesy laughs, right until the ending, which just so happens to be one of the worst-movie endings ever. Not to give anything away, but even though the movie was b-grade and lacking in plot, I still found the ending disappointing. It is one of those "what the hell?" moments, that all you can do is sit back and say "what the hell?".
3/10 - Pretty cheesy stuff.
