TO KILL A JAGUAR is a very unusual gangster flick from the Shaw Brothers studio. It's one of those films that constantly pulls the rug out from underneath the viewer, offering a tough bodyguard character who appears to be the film's hero until the midway point when all becomes apparent. The film's real hero, Tony Liu, doesn't even show up until the last twenty minutes. The whole thing offers a welter of death and depravity, with the female cast members - former Bruce Lee stalwart Nora Miao among them - particularly badly treated.
It's not a martial arts film per se, but there's a wealth of decent and violent battles that remind one of the likes of Chang Cheh's gangster flicks such as VENGEANCE, and the choreography is exceptional as you'd expect from Shaw. Plus studio heavyweights such as Johnny Wang Lung Wei show up for important supporting roles. What's not to love?
It's not a martial arts film per se, but there's a wealth of decent and violent battles that remind one of the likes of Chang Cheh's gangster flicks such as VENGEANCE, and the choreography is exceptional as you'd expect from Shaw. Plus studio heavyweights such as Johnny Wang Lung Wei show up for important supporting roles. What's not to love?