After Lee Hsi (Fang Yeh) accidentally kills someone in a fight, he retreats to a small village that is entirely dependent on the traffic that comes into their pier controlled by Boss Chan.
Overview: Bone-cracker. Head-crusher. Body-breaker. Bolo Yeung stars in this action-packed production that helped to define him as the most powerful martial arts madman ever brought to the screen.
After nearly killing his fiancée's brother, Chan Wai Man makes a solemn vow: never to raise his hand in anger again. Finding work at a nearby dock, his vow is put to the test again and again as the workers are continuously cheated, abused, and later start turning up dead. But before Chan can raise his fist again, the company bosses turn loose the most lethal weapon in their arsenal against the workers: Chinese Hercules!
You've seen him in "Enter The Dragon" and "Bloodsport", but nothing can prepare you for Bolo Yeung in "Chinese Hercules"!
Cast: Bolo Yeung (Yang Sze), Chan Wai Man, Fong Yeh, Chiang Tao, Yuen Biao, Lee Tien Ying
Running Time: 88 mins. (approx.)
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Distributor: Xenon Pictures
Xenon Pictures Rating: UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
After Lee Hsi (Fang Yeh) accidentally kills someone in a fight, he retreats to a small village that is entirely dependent on the traffic that comes into their pier controlled by Boss Chan.
Overview: Bone-cracker. Head-crusher. Body-breaker. Bolo Yeung stars in this action-packed production that helped to define him as the most powerful martial arts madman ever brought to the screen.
After nearly killing his fiancée's brother, Chan Wai Man makes a solemn vow: never to raise his hand in anger again. Finding work at a nearby dock, his vow is put to the test again and again as the workers are continuously cheated, abused, and later start turning up dead. But before Chan can raise his fist again, the company bosses turn loose the most lethal weapon in their arsenal against the workers: Chinese Hercules!
You've seen him in "Enter The Dragon" and "Bloodsport", but nothing can prepare you for Bolo Yeung in "Chinese Hercules"!
Cast: Bolo Yeung (Yang Sze), Chan Wai Man, Fong Yeh, Chiang Tao, Yuen Biao, Lee Tien Ying
Running Time: 88 mins. (approx.)
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Distributor: Xenon Pictures
Xenon Pictures Rating: UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Bruce Lee kicked around Hollywood for years looking in vain for an American break when Hong Kong came calling. As Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet he had become an Asian star (the series was renamed for his character when it crossed the Pacific) and ripe for his own vehicle. This raw, low-budget effort, called The Big Boss in its native Hong Kong, is a generic revenge drama enlivened by Lee's intense screen presence and martial arts prowess. He's a country boy who takes a job at a Thailand ice-packing plant and discovers it's a cover for heroin smuggling. Lee is held back through the first half of the film by a promise he made his sweet, gray-haired mom not to brawl (which means you have to wait to see him in action), but his indignation turns to fury as friends and coworkers disappear and the boss sends thugs to take care of the brooding, intense country boy. The final half of the film is a series of violent confrontations, culminating in a marvelously choreographed showdown at the ice plant. Lean, mean Lee, with a physique that looked sculpted in bronze, became an overnight sensation with this film, breaking all Asian box-office records and starting an international kung fu craze, but none of the pretenders ever touched Lee's cool cinematic charisma or his martial arts grace.
Fighting Black Kings was the first video on full contact traditional karate.
The film follows the training regimen of fighters from all over the world as they prepare for the prestigious all-world full contact karate tournament in Japan.
The film cuts nicely from when the fighters are are on the fighting mat in the tournament to showing them back home training in their respective contries.
Although the tournament is open to all styles, the rules favor the kyokushinkai system.
The only reason the film is called "Fighting Black Kings" is because it focused on a number of prominent black karateka from New York such as Willie Williams and William Oliver who were preparing to compete in the All-World.
They trained in the Kyokushinkai system which is known for it's emphasis on full-contact kumite with no pads or gloves.
The fighters are interviewed and offer their perspectives on fighting in the All-World Tournament.
