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5.6/10   249 votes
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Writer:
Brian Trenchard-Smith (written by)
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Release Date:
August 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Adventure more
Tagline:
Fast! Fierce! Fantastic! Nothing can stop . . . . The Man from Hong Kong more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Not Quite Hollywood (Film Review)
 (From Fangoria. 27 March 2009, 8:07 AM, PDT)

Tiff 08: Not Quite Hollywood
 (From ioncinema. 12 September 2008)

User Comments:
Dumb but fun piece of 70s schlock more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Yu Wang ... Inspector Fang Sing Leng (as Jimmy Wang Yu)

George Lazenby ... Jack Wilton
Hugh Keays-Byrne ... Morrie Grosse
Roger Ward ... Bob Taylor
Rosalind Speirs ... Caroline Thorne (as Ros Spiers)
Grant Page ... Assassin
Rebecca Gilling ... Angelica
Frank Thring ... Willard

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo ... Win Chan (as Hung Kam Po)
Deryck Barnes ... Veterinarian
Bill Hunter ... Peterson
Ian Jamieson ... The Drug Courier
Elaine Wong ... Chinese Girl
John Orcsik ... Charles (as John Orschik)
Geoff Brown ... Thug
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Dragon Flies (USA)
Zhi dao huang long
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Runtime:
111 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Australia more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
An Australian Hip Hop group called 'Katalyst' used many parts of this movie for their video clip of 'Uprock This'. more
Soundtrack:
A man is a man is a man more

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Dumb but fun piece of 70s schlock, 5 October 2008
6/10
Author: TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA

"The Man from Hong Kong" is the kind of film which could only be made in the 1970s. Jimmy Wang-Yu (hot off the success of "Master of the Flying Guillotine", one of the greatest martial arts films ever) and George Lazenby (wooden as always, best known for his one-off Bond role in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") square off in this kitschy martial arts meets superspy nonsense. Wang-Yu is hired by Australian officials to investigate the smuggling of heroin from Hong Kong. It leads him to the wealthy but crooked business magnate played by Lazenby.

The film is absolutely ridiculous, but its nonstop entertainment from beginning to end. The martial arts fights never end and seem capable of occurring anywhere. Wang-Yu in particular never seems to lose a single fight. Speaking of never losing a fight, this has to be one of the most cold blooded and borderline fascistic police officers ever in a film. He has no problem with torturing the prisoners to get answers and has little regard for harming a passerby to bring down his targets. Unlike "Dirty Harry" though, he's never shown in a remotely negative light. Plus, he has an impeccable way with the ladies, managing to get them in the sack after only knowing them for about an hour or so! Between this and his ability to master sky-gliding, there's no stopping this machine. "The Man From Hong Kong" is a stupid film, but its quickly paced enough it doesn't really matter. (6/10)

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