Super kicker Hwang Jang Lee is the main reason to check out this otherwise mediocre mid-'80s kung fu flick (that feels more like a product of the '70s). Lee plays General Yuen, the evil leader of Tiger Camp, who swears to destroy the remaining rebels who oppose the tyrannous Ching dynasty. In order to do so, he needs to find the other half of a book that names all of the dissidents.
Ten years pass, and General Yuen still hasn't found the missing pages; his superiors aren't happy bunnies. Yuen redoubles his efforts, his search eventually leading him to a Shaolin temple where the kindly monks are sheltering a pair of fugitives, and whose leader just happens to have the other half of the much sought after book hidden under his skin!
Hwang Jang Lee's superb leg techniques are definitely the star of the show, the performer kicking his way through countless monks in his quest to find the book. The fight scenes that don't feature Lee are okay, but nothing special. Apart from Lee's flashy footwork, the only other noteworthy things about the film are a bizarre chess game using real women as the pieces, the removal of the book from under the skin of the Buddhist master's back, and the blatant use of Bernard Herrmann's Psycho music.
Ten years pass, and General Yuen still hasn't found the missing pages; his superiors aren't happy bunnies. Yuen redoubles his efforts, his search eventually leading him to a Shaolin temple where the kindly monks are sheltering a pair of fugitives, and whose leader just happens to have the other half of the much sought after book hidden under his skin!
Hwang Jang Lee's superb leg techniques are definitely the star of the show, the performer kicking his way through countless monks in his quest to find the book. The fight scenes that don't feature Lee are okay, but nothing special. Apart from Lee's flashy footwork, the only other noteworthy things about the film are a bizarre chess game using real women as the pieces, the removal of the book from under the skin of the Buddhist master's back, and the blatant use of Bernard Herrmann's Psycho music.