Dragon Lee has his leg amputated and forges a replacement leg out of steel.Dragon Lee has his leg amputated and forges a replacement leg out of steel.Dragon Lee has his leg amputated and forges a replacement leg out of steel.
Ryong Keo
- Dragon Lang
- (as Dragon Lee)
Jeong-lee Hwang
- Kurt Wong
- (as Wong Cheng Li)
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- GoofsThe villain sends his four henchbabes to stop Dragon's advance to his lair. They find and engage him quickly. But after that, it seemingly takes him forever to cover the same distance they did to reach that confrontation point.
- ConnectionsReferences Enter the Dragon (1973)
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Goofy costume kung fu film
North Korean Dragon Lee stars as a young fighter who runs afoul of some bad guys who beat him and poison him, requiring the amputation of one of his legs. After a long period recuperating, and some encouragement from his lady love, he forges a metal prosthetic leg and trains himself back into fighting condition. Then his mission of vengeance can commence.
When this film started and I saw the name Godfrey Ho as director, I expected the worst. Ho was the Hong Kong Ed Wood, responsible for a large number of mind-shattering exercises in bad editing, bad dubbing, and the randomly placed ninja. However, this film manages to be at least competent, and has a few fun touches. I liked one bit when our hero concentrates his kung-fu chi into the palms of his hands, causing them to smoke.
The best part of watching this, though, was the fact that the DVD used the old print that was made for the Sho Kosugi Ninja Theater line of VHS releases from the mid-80's. Kosugi, the most prominent star of ninja films during their 1980's heyday (he starred in Revenge of the Ninja, 9 Deaths of the Ninja, Rage of Honor, and many more), used his cult-status to release a bunch of older, lesser quality martial arts films featuring newly filmed wraparounds (sort of like a kung-fu Elvira) where he demonstrated the use of a different ninja weapon for each film. The Kosugi bits are awkward, stupid, and hilarious. I had completely forgotten about them in the intervening years, but I recall my local video store having most, if not all, of those tapes on the shelf back in the day.
When this film started and I saw the name Godfrey Ho as director, I expected the worst. Ho was the Hong Kong Ed Wood, responsible for a large number of mind-shattering exercises in bad editing, bad dubbing, and the randomly placed ninja. However, this film manages to be at least competent, and has a few fun touches. I liked one bit when our hero concentrates his kung-fu chi into the palms of his hands, causing them to smoke.
The best part of watching this, though, was the fact that the DVD used the old print that was made for the Sho Kosugi Ninja Theater line of VHS releases from the mid-80's. Kosugi, the most prominent star of ninja films during their 1980's heyday (he starred in Revenge of the Ninja, 9 Deaths of the Ninja, Rage of Honor, and many more), used his cult-status to release a bunch of older, lesser quality martial arts films featuring newly filmed wraparounds (sort of like a kung-fu Elvira) where he demonstrated the use of a different ninja weapon for each film. The Kosugi bits are awkward, stupid, and hilarious. I had completely forgotten about them in the intervening years, but I recall my local video store having most, if not all, of those tapes on the shelf back in the day.
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- AlsExGal
- Nov 9, 2017
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