Story of the Dragon (aka Bruce Lee’s Secret aka Bruce Lee’s Deadly Kung Fu) (1976) As much as I love martial arts cinema, I don’t dabble a whole lot in Brucesploitation films. Why? For two basic reasons: 1) Brucesploitation tends to be pretty sleazy and 2) the fights from Brucesploitation films I’ve seen have been [...]
However, instead of coming across as NINJA IN THE DRAGON’S DEN’s younger brother, idolizing the great work of its older, successful sibling and trying sincerely to imitate it, this film is more like its sleazy cousin.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with these things, but if you’re already a fan and have recently seen more than your fair share of these low-budget kung fu comedies, this may not stand out a whole lot from the rest.
Kung Fu Killer 2 (2008) I had this film waiting on my shelf for the better part of two months before I finally got around to watching it. I had been lent to me by brother-in-law’s fiancée’s father, who figured I’d like the film. I admittedly wasn’t really excited about the movie until I saw [...]
Kamen Rider J (1994) As much as I liked giant monsters and kaiju films, my knowledge of Japanese tokusatsu films and series is surprisingly limited. I mean, I watched the Power Rangers almost religiously as a pre-teen, up until the point where they stopped having real monsters and only had giant everyday objects with one eye in the [...]