Meng nan da zei yan zhi hu (1978)

Director:

Chuan Yang

Writer:

Weng Zhaoquan (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

He challenged the world with his fists of fury

Plot:

A band of counterfeiters wants to make Hong Kong their new territory. The disgraced leader of the Special...

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | Police | Martial Arts | Counterfeit | Kung Fu

Cast

Bruce Li	...	Dragon (Special Squad leader) (as Ho Chung Dao)
Lik Cheung	...	Inspector 'Mustache' Wang (as Chang Leih)
Dana	...	Donna (Agent Seven)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ling Wei Chen	...	Special Squad Car Driver
John Cheung	...	Steven (Han's son)
Ging Man Fung	...	Nightclub's owner
Ying-Chieh Han	...	Han Tin Lung
Yee San Hon	...	Kimura's Friend, Master at Kung Fu school
Pak-Kwong Ho	...	Chen Wen Hu
Bolo Yeung	...	Kimura (as Yang Szu)

Also Known As:

Image of Bruce Lee (International: English title)
Mang lam dai chak yin chi foo (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Storming Attacks

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Goldig Film Company

Bruce Li's better stuff

Bruce Li surprised me in this one. Oh, the martial arts are still mediocre, but he's not trying to be Bruce Lee. In fact, Li is a cop in search of plates. He ends up fighting usually against groups of guys. Apparently, the word "backup" wasn't invented until after this movie. You really appreciate Fist of Fury when fights the entire japanese class in the dojo. In IOBL, Bruce Li runs after Bolo in search of luggage and proceeds to fight the entire class. Man, you can see how many "one-on-one" cue attacks there are while extras just stand in the circle. So to sum it up:

Fists of Fury dojo fight: FIERCE and FAST.

Image of Bruce Lee dojo fight: FUNNY!!

It really is fun to see Bruce in a non Bruceploitatic role. I think he must've been hot fighting in that brown leather coat cause he never takes it off in battles. Man, it's durable! The frightening part of this movie is seeing Bolo flirt. Plus, his loud garish suits with killer lapels. The Boss is same boss from Bruce Lee's the Big Boss, but he doesn't add that much to the film. Come to think of it, the funniest part is the balcony scene where some guy does a flying kick at Bruce and the slo-mo effect goes on. Bruce just moves to the side and this hapless dolt of a henchman does the high hurdle over the rail. Also, handcuffs can be a deadly weapon.

There's some gratuitous nudity of Donna...I think that was her name, whatever. They thought including her would be enough to fool the viewer and grab your attention. Well, it worked for me!! Especially the nude swimming. Also, when she tells Bruce Li that he looks like Bruce Lee and asks if he wants to do movies, Li responds with "Not interested!" HAHAHAHA. See, he was "ACTING".

Watch this cool flick for chases, naughty bits, and the balcony fight....and the Bruce Li rope climbing in the yellow tracksuit!!