JAWS OF THE DRAGON is an ultra-cheap kung fu flick, shot in South Korea and featuring a South Korean supporting cast. The film was directed by and stars former star James Nam. It's a movie that strives to have a gritty edge, depicting gang violence and retribution, but the whole thing feels rather amateurish and is let down by some very poor action sequences which just doesn't deliver the necessary good for the action fan. Listen out for the Bond theme being constantly ripped-off throughout.
2 Reviews
Possibly the best movie ever made.
gunforanarm22 February 2004
My friend bought this movie at a dollar store, and I would wager that it is the best dollar he ever spent!
There are many elements that make this movie an instant classic, such as the recycled music from The Man with the Golden Gun, the gang member who mysteriously grows and loses fingers, to characters with such names as White Tiger and Black Beard.
This movie is awesome. If my VCR was broken, and one tape was stuck in it that I had to watch over and over again, this would be the tape. If you can find this movie, which you probably won't be able to, you should definitely buy it and savor every second! (You even get to see some girl's boobs while she's in the bath tub.) If you enjoy intense kung-fu, unnecessary use of slow motion, white VW Beetles, and continuity errors, this movie is for you, sucka!
In closing, a quote from Black Beard. "Get me the heroin...ALL of the heroin."
There are many elements that make this movie an instant classic, such as the recycled music from The Man with the Golden Gun, the gang member who mysteriously grows and loses fingers, to characters with such names as White Tiger and Black Beard.
This movie is awesome. If my VCR was broken, and one tape was stuck in it that I had to watch over and over again, this would be the tape. If you can find this movie, which you probably won't be able to, you should definitely buy it and savor every second! (You even get to see some girl's boobs while she's in the bath tub.) If you enjoy intense kung-fu, unnecessary use of slow motion, white VW Beetles, and continuity errors, this movie is for you, sucka!
In closing, a quote from Black Beard. "Get me the heroin...ALL of the heroin."
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