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A valuable jewel is stolen by a gang in Hong Kong and the insurance company in America sends a man called Lucas to recover the gem. Lots of action ensues as he takes on the gang led by the dreaded Boss Lu assisted by his old friend Inspector Lu (no relation). Lucas is helped by ex-gang member Fat Dog and eventually also by Tung Hao who is one of the gang after Boss Lu mistreats Tung Hao's inamorata Nana. A typical kung fu film of the 1970s with nothing new but the final action scene on the ship is pretty good. Sometimes called Black Belt Jones II though the main connection with that film is Jim Kelly but he plays Lucas not Jones. It does have a good cast. Jim Kelly of course looking great, Tao-Liang Tan flashing his legs, Sing Chen as Boss Lu and the legendary Bolo Yeung playing Big Ox. Hoi Sang Lee appears but unfortunately only briefly in an early scene. The version I saw had the usual entertaining dubbing of the actors. In the end an elderly man swallows the jewel but its recovery is not portrayed, thankfully.An ordinary movie perhaps but any film where Jim Kelly dances and Bolo Yeung sings can't be disliked.

BLACK BELT JONES 2: THE TATTOO CONNECTION is a film that has absolutely no connection with the original BLACK BELT JONES, other than the presence of black kung fu star Jim Kelly. Instead it's a classic chop-socky film from Hong Kong made during a golden period that saw dozens and dozens of similar films flooding the market. These ranged from kung fu oddities and bizarre flicks to the dozens of 'Brucesploitation' movies that cast actors who looked like Bruce Lee (and many who didn't) in a bid to fool audiences and cash in on the Bruce Lee craze. The presence of action star Jim Kelly, who starred with Bruce in ENTER THE DRAGON, also lend a blaxploitation angle to some of these films and BLACK BELT JONES 2 is among the best in his short-lived career.The plot is nothing new and Kelly might as well be a secret agent like James Bond for all it matters. As soon as he steps off the plane he's up to his neck in it with a criminal gang who are into diamond smuggling in a big way. As light as it is, the plot serves as a fitting background to the regular bouts of action that are shoehorned in every five or so minutes. Many of the fights are predictable and see Kelly battling against dozens of inferior opponents and tackling them in a fun way. The black star is no great shakes as an actor – in fact he's unforgivably wooden – but he's entertaining in the film's many fight scenes and the fast pace means we'll always see him taking down a bad guy sooner or later.The fight coordinator on this movie is none other than Bruce Liang, who himself has a small role in the proceedings. Liang was a Bruce Lee imitator himself and made plenty of films, some good, some not so good, but his presence here is a definite bonus and he adds style to the battles. There are plenty of other actors familiar from Hong Kong cinema in the cast, while the producers have worked hard to include plenty of Chinese actresses who don't mind stripping off on camera. Pretty much every female in the film spends most of her time in the nude and the highlight (or low light, depending on which way you look at it) is a nude disco dancing scene that takes the film to new levels of cheesy exploitation.These films always tend to cast a few proper fighters as the big name 'bosses' that the heroes have encounters with during the running time before setting them against each other for a climatic showdown. Chen Sing, a familiar actor from many, many kung fu flicks, is the big bad guy and he makes a sleazy impression. I was delighted to see the muscle-bound Bolo Yeung also making an appearance as a henchman, almost exactly the same role he played in CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER, although he's on screen for longer here.There are multiple action sequences to enjoy and those with Jim Kelly are always a pleasure. The showdown in a lumber yard in which our hero hangs for his life onto the roof of a car before defeating the driver is a highlight and it's good to see Kelly doing his own stunts here. I also really liked the bit where Bolo and another big guy murder a poor fat guy with a broken arm, but not before he puts up a very good fight in an attempt to flee. Director Lee Tso Nam made plenty of weird-sounding kung fu flicks during his career (THE INVINCIBLE KUNG FU LEGS, SHAOLIN VS. LAMA, MANTIS IN THE MONKEY'S SHADOW) and this is one of his very best. It's also worth noting that Kelly has a co-star in this film who stars in an equal number of fight scenes as the black actor himself. Dorian Tan was a Korean taekwondo champion who became a prolific kung fu star between 1973 and 1983 and he holds his own amongst the other fighters.

I give this film a seven because it's just so much fun to watch. The acting is truly diabolical but Jim Kelly is just the coolest martial artist to ever hit the screen.The dubbing, editing and plot are really bad and the story at points doesn't even make sense. "Well then, how could you think it's worth seven precious stars?" I hear you ask. It worth seven because it's really, really funny, full stop.For instance, there is a scene where where the evil boss rips off a womans (who happens to be about three mens girlfriend!?) dress. The camera then zooms in to a closeup of her breasts and then the boss' face and then the breasts and then the eyes, the breasts, the eyes and then he throws her to the bed and gets it on and then we see... a formula 1 racecar...If you like martial arts flicks then get this film have a couple of glasses of your favourite booze and settle down with this movie. It's like a spoof of martial arts movies of the time and some of Jim Kelly's move are pretty good.It's actually way before it's time. Pure comedy gold.

Jim Kelly is one of the unsung heroes of Blacksploitation. His role as "Roper" in the movie "enter the dragon" exposed the world to this amazing martial artist. His solo movies were the stuff of legend, as they were usually very funny (unintentionally) and happened to feature an afro-centric black man (daishikis and afros are everywhere in his movies) who totally kicked butt! Among Jim Kelly movies, Enter the Dragon is by far the best. But his solo career, mostly consisting of independent movies about a black martial artist, is well worth exploring.If you are a member of the Wu Tang clan, or a kung fu movie junkie, you gotta love this actor and especially this movie. It has all the elements of a great 1970's style Kung fu movie: Bad dubbing, plenty of fight scenes, an odd plot, and a protagonist with a Jackson 5 afro and the attitude to carry it off.This is not an Oscar caliber movie, but rather an independent flick with serious potential. Yes, it's really campy, and yes, the fight scenes are outdated, but this movie is worth checking out at least for the poorly dubbed dialog. Jim Kelly is never given a name in this movie, and is instead referred to, over and over again, as "That black guy". For real, the movie features such gems as "You got beat up by that black guy again" and "Let's go fight with that black guy".To sum it up in a short sentence: That Black guy is awesome!