The Thai Guy the previous review asked about was World Boxing Champion 1960 Hon San Fung (champion in Asia, I presume). And he was hired to play the role eventually given to Mars, cuz he hurted badly the poor Mars in their first on-screen match, so the director/actor Kuan Shan (the elder brother in this movie) prompty changed the things giving to Mars the role of the cousin and keeping the boxing king for a cameo (he did just this movie). Aside this trivia, this cheap movie has some interest mainly for the curiosity in seeing Jackie Chan as an extra and for the incredible amount of bloody violence. Its a Big Boss rip-off with two brother arriving in Bangkok for a job and eventually hired in a company owned by (the late) Chen Sing, moustached and muscular as usual. When the elder bro finds out the usual drug smuggling behind the Company he works for, Chen Sing orders his death, uncaring the victim is now married with his daughter (infact he will kill her too). Predictably the younger brother (taiwanese vet Raymond Lui of Tiger Jump fame) goes on rampage killing everyone in a gore non-stop action. A brutal movie from the brutal and glorious old days of trashy kung-fu cinema. The beauty is actress Tian Ni, wife of the late Hong Kong star Clifford Ngok (Yueh Wah) in real life. Director and co-star Kuan Shan was the father of actress Rosamund Kwan. A funny thing is that no matter if the movie is a modern crime drama: the jumps they made in fighting are the same high jumps they made in Fantasy wushapian. Hong Kong cinema lovers will recognize future director Yuen Kwai and valid coreographer Wilson Tong (Sammo Hung's The Victim; Game of Death and countless others) as the tough guys alongwith Jackie Chan. More a Who's Who of Kung-Fu genre than a movie interesting on his own.
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ckormos130 May 2015There are only three reasons to watch this movie. First, you were fooled into thinking Jackie Chan was the star. Nope. That's him sliding across the floor on his belly in the restaurant fight. Hi Jackie, good-bye Jackie. The second reasons are Chan Sing and Mars. Feel free to fast forward through all the other boring stuff until you see either of them. The third reason is the Mystery Man of Thailand. He shows up about 45 minutes in during a fight. He sits down briefly and does an excellent job of defending himself while seated. Then he gets up, I assume, to stretch his legs a bit or possibly to kick some butt. He displays excellent real fighting skills. I can tell from his posture he's the real deal. The fight ends and he is introduced as (depending on the translation) the greatest undefeated fighter in world history. Nice to meet you and sorry I must be going. That was it. So who was he? What else did he do? Is he Tony Jaa's father? Even Google does not know the answer.
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Leofwine_draca5 November 2017THE BRUTAL BOXER is an early, contemporary kung fu thriller shot in Thailand and clearly modelled on Bruce Lee's THE BIG BOSS. The heroes are a couple of bland guys who are new in town and quickly run afoul of the brutal crime boss as played by the inimitable Chen Sing, at his scowling best. Breakneck action sequences follow, all of them pretty routine, but the story is so straightforward and determined that it doesn't really matter too much. The film certainly is brutal when it comes to the climax, which has some shocking gore effects you don't normally see in such films. Watch out for the familiar faces of Tien Ni and Mars in early roles, and Jackie Chan as a henchman who takes a beating.
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cjrock122 April 2000Also starring the Infamous Chen Sing, veteran kung fu action star of many 70's martial arts classics from Hong Kong. Most Definitely one of the BLOODIEST kung fu films of the genre. It most certainly lives up the the title. Alan Tang is a pretty boy (I hate that!) and the fight scenes aren't choreographed with the grace of say a Bruce Lee or Sonny Chiba film but have more of a raw anything goes street fight feel to them; as evidenced by the WIDE array of weapons used in this film as well as the standard hand to hand sequences. Very nice makeup effects!
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jayef25 March 2005i am a big fan of Jackie Chan and saw almost all his movies ... and thought i wanna see some older movies of him, however i watched the whole movie but didn't find Jackie Chan at all ... i don't know if he had just a small role playing one of the bad guys or something, those who get beaten up, however if that's the case then there were no close face shots so i didn't recognize him ... the movie is not really that bad ... and really really bloody at the end. however i hoped to see a Jackie Chan movie, but it was just a martial arts movie from the 70's ... i didn't know anybody of those actors in there ... however i really didn't like that movie so much but i still give it a 4 out of 10 !