The Black Dragon's Revenge

1975 [CANTONESE]

Action / Drama

9
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 185 185

martial arts exploitation bruceploitation

Plot summary

Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.

Director

Chun-Ku Lu Photo
Chun-Ku Lu

Top cast

Ron Van Clief Photo
Ron Van Clief
Jason Pai Piao Photo
Jason Pai Piao as (as Jason Pai Pow)
Charles Bonet Photo
Charles Bonet as (as Charles 'La Pantera' Bonet)
Bobby Canavarro Photo
Bobby Canavarro
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
830.19 MB
1280*534
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds ...
1.51 GB
1920*800
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Elbow

One of the best Bruce Lee death stories (that's not saying anything)

This movie was one of many to supposedly offer theories as to the mysterious death of the ultimate kung-fu superstar Bruce Lee, and undoubtedly for him just another reason to roll over in his grave.This movie contains a popular theory that Lee was killed by greedy film producers, and from there the film is simply a springboard for countless fight scenes with then rising Kung-Fu hero Ron Van Clief (The Black Dragon)Boring after awhile, but entertaining in the nostalgic sense which envokes memories of all the wild conspiracy theories surrounding Lee's death at the time, and of all the martial arts hopefuls who wished, in vain, to fill Lee's shoes in the movies.
Reviewed by ckormos1 6 / 10

The Ron Van Clief show

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.
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