Chu ba (1973)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Jimmy L. Pascual

Writer:

Jimmy L. Pascual (screenplay)

Release Date:

September 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Republican Era China | Kung Fu | Basher | Blind Girl | Martial Arts

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Guard (as Chen Yuen Lung)
Ching Chen
Lo-Ba Chen
Lung Chiang
Yeh Fang
Kwok Choi Hon
Pin Ho
Chung-Hsin Huang
Ying Lee
Shao Hua Liang
Ching Lin
Yunzhong Li
Kwai Shan
Feng Shih
Lan Sun
Tien Tan
Lai Wang
Siu Tien Yuen
Wah Yuen	...	Thug
Ofelia Yu
Yung Henry Yu

Also Known As:

Chue ba (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Fist to Fist (Hong Kong: English title)
Fists of the Double K (International: English title)
Hong Kong Face-Off (USA) (video title)

Country:

Hong Kong | Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Dai Gwok Film Company

Decent early effort by John Woo

Version: RBC Entertainment's "Kung Fu Theatre" DVD series. Dub Only. Possible Spoilers:

"Fist of the Double K" is not the style of movie we're used to from the man who made "A Better Tomorrow" and "the Killer". This movie is pretty much your average chopsocky, revenge movie. A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters - one of whom betrayed the hero's father and left him to die. Plot-wise, that's about it, but no one watches kung-fu movies expecting a great story. The action scenes are pretty good (as in all old-school kung-fu movies, any important character obviously has some sort of unique, bizarre weapon or ability - boomerangs of death, for example). Only complaint is the dubbing - one of the characters at the start sounds a lot like Porky Pig. Otherwise, its a fun movie.

5/10