For me, Ron Van Clief came to my attention in the 4th Ultimate Fighting Championship when he managed to survive four minutes in the ring against Royce Gracie at age 51, the oldest fighter ever in UFC. When UFC started everyone expected the karate guys to win everything. They had the reputation for the one punch kill and the physical conditioning to endure almost any attack. What no one expected was that real fights almost always end up on the ground and Jiu Jitsu had every advantage and won everything in the opening years. But this was 1975 and the movies and the audience paid to see fighting upright with punches and big kicks. Ron delivered the goods.
To see Ron in action is probably the only reason to watch this movie. You can also watch it to count the side kicks. Anytime a non-Asian choreographs a fight sequence the side kicks dominate. Yuen Siu is also worth watching as I consider her the best female martial artists of the golden age from 1967 to 1984.
