Naeileum ssangdali

Name: Naeileum ssangdali
Genre: Action
Released: 1982-02-14
Duration: 1 h 21 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Ho Wang, Ian Han, Chun-su Hwang

19781978
1h 21m

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5.1/10

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The Black Boss, Yellow Tiger and Merciless Tsang join forces and rob a million dollars from a bank. Black Boss hides the money temporarily with only his daughter knowing the secret location.... Read allThe Black Boss, Yellow Tiger and Merciless Tsang join forces and rob a million dollars from a bank. Black Boss hides the money temporarily with only his daughter knowing the secret location. His comrades become impatient for their split and Black Boss ends up dead. Now his daught... Read allThe Black Boss, Yellow Tiger and Merciless Tsang join forces and rob a million dollars from a bank. Black Boss hides the money temporarily with only his daughter knowing the secret location. His comrades become impatient for their split and Black Boss ends up dead. Now his daughter must rush to recover the money and outfox her pursuers.

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5.1/10

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The 1987 UK video version was cut by 33 secs by the BBFC to edit shots of a spear stabbing into a girl's groin and to remove footage of a man being held by his hair while being hit in the throat.

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5/10

Contemporary kung fu film is acceptable but forgettable

STRIKE OF THE THUNDERKICK TIGER is a contemporary Hong Kong martial arts film put out in 1978 by the infamous IFD Film & Arts studio. No director is credited here, but it seems inevitable that Godfrey Ho would be the man behind the madness. This is a cheap vehicle for high kicking star Casanova Wong, saddled with an awful joke shop moustache, ill fitting suit, and bowl haircut, as he goes up against a criminal gang who think nothing of committing murder to achieve their goals.

As with every martial arts film I watch, I really wanted to enjoy this movie but I ended up being a bit disappointed. It's adequate for the genre but never particularly exciting or profound; there's plentiful action, sure, but none of it really stands out. Anyone hoping for some of the '80s-style craziness that Ho would later dabble in are sure to be disappointed by this film's resolutely ordinary unfolding.

Wong's cheesy appearance and poor dubbing render him a pretty worthless hero and for a change he has no worthwhile opponents to go up against. The only notable character is an annoying gay stereotype called Monkey who spends half his time exercising in the gym and speaking in the most annoying dubbed voice ever. A Rubik's cube, of all things, is this film's unlikely MacGuffin. The funniest part of it is when amid all the classical music that plays on the soundtrack we suddenly get a hearty rendition of Jingle Bells and believe me, this is far from a Christmas film.

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