Another in the surprisingly popular sub-genre of Spaghetti Easterns, this film offers everything you can expect from the great title: tons of cowboy-on-kung-fu-expert action, violence, and sweaty manoeuvres. Whilst hardly a high budget exercise in thrills and spills, the straightforward plot and emphasis on non-stop action in favour of characterisation and scripting hangs heavily in this film's favour. Basically, the story concerns a couple of Chinese brothers who are chasing each other to have a fight, thus proving their supremacy. But before they can finish their battle, they become enemies of one of those clichéd outlaw gangs of bad guys, the kind who spend all day shooting innocent townsfolk and being rowdy in the bar. After the initial set-up, much of the film consists of action with a little suspense in between.
In order to combat the enemy's gun, one of the Chinese guys has a throwing disc which he can injure the bad guys with, making for some fun - if implausible - moments. The violence involves a little bloodshed here and there but certainly isn't in the same league as the gruesome FIGHTING FISTS OF SHANGHAI JOE. Action-wise, the film entertains although there isn't anything particularly special here, aside from the truly strenuous fifteen-minute combat which finishes the movie. Production values are low but adequate. The acting is either non-existent or over-the-top, but despite the actors being some of the ugliest I've seen on screen there are some tense moments between the cast members. Bad guys include William Berger who gets to do kung fu for the first and probably the last time in his career and Donald O'Brien. The martial arts fights are basic but fun. Overall, this isn't a great film, but there isn't anything majorly wrong with it and it hits the spot more often than not.
In order to combat the enemy's gun, one of the Chinese guys has a throwing disc which he can injure the bad guys with, making for some fun - if implausible - moments. The violence involves a little bloodshed here and there but certainly isn't in the same league as the gruesome FIGHTING FISTS OF SHANGHAI JOE. Action-wise, the film entertains although there isn't anything particularly special here, aside from the truly strenuous fifteen-minute combat which finishes the movie. Production values are low but adequate. The acting is either non-existent or over-the-top, but despite the actors being some of the ugliest I've seen on screen there are some tense moments between the cast members. Bad guys include William Berger who gets to do kung fu for the first and probably the last time in his career and Donald O'Brien. The martial arts fights are basic but fun. Overall, this isn't a great film, but there isn't anything majorly wrong with it and it hits the spot more often than not.