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Memorable, crazy movie

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

First off, the title of this film is a bit of a misnomer. It makes it sound like just another Bruceploitation flick, the kind of which were being churned out regularly during this period in the wake of Bruce Lee's death. Yes, Bruce Li does star, playing a character who looks and acts very much like Bruce Lee did in this own movies, but there the similarities end. BLIND FIST OF BRUCE is actually a comedy/period kung fu flick that has much more in common with the movies Jackie Chan was making during this era, like SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW. In case you weren't convinced, the casting of DRUNKEN MASTER's drunken master himself, Simon Yuen (aka Sam Seed, aka Yuen Woo-ping's dad!) only make clear the similarities.The plot is a well known one: a good guy falls foul of a gang of evil and ruthless fighters and, finding himself not skilled enough to beat them, he sets about training until he can. It's as simple as that. Of course, there's more to it, such as the inclusion of some pretty girls and the introduction of a 'master killer' type character in the final third, but this really is a straightforward movie. It's quite notable for including loads and loads of comedy throughout. Some of it is actually awful, like Li's pseudo 'masters' who try to teach him dog and cat kung fu (!), but some of it is genius – and the best bits are those that involve Simon Yuen, playing pretty much the same character as he did in the Jackie Chan film, except that he's blind here.Okay, so Yuen is clearly doubled for all his fights, but that doesn't matter because it's the comedy he excels at. Watching him trick and trip our hero while training him is great fun, as are the scenes where Yuen displays his skills with props, like his famous teacup trick. This good natured guy lifted a lot of films during this period before his untimely death, and I never get tired of watching his talents. He makes this film what it is.The action is plentiful and ranges from average to good. It tends to get better as the film progresses, so that we end on an absolute high as Li and Yuen team up to tackle a killer known only as 'Tiger'. Watching them beat him with a scarf, sticks and plenty of weird moves is plenty of fun and there's good cinematography here too. Bruce Li is a favourite of mine, seeming more credible than most and a better actor and he doesn't disappoint. BLIND FIST OF BRUCE is a neat film for the fans.

There was a Quiz at the end of the DVD I got of this film. It was rather funny to find a 70s movie on a DVD with an interactive quiz on it. If you got a question about the movie right, the next screen had a still of one of the characters from the movie smiling. If you got it wrong, they showed a bad guy wagging his finger at you, or something. That alone was worth the three bucks I laid out at the yard sale for this somewhat watchable venture into Artsploitation. The Female Ninja in this movie was one of the other nice features, she seems skilled at acrobatics, without actually having any stage presence or confidence with the arts.

I saw BLIND FIST OF BRUCE in Brentwood's fantastic 10-pack format, and it has set the standard for my viewing of these films. While not a terrible chop-socky movie, there isn't really much in BLIND FIST to set it apart from the rest.BLIND FIST OF BRUCE stars Bruce Li (no, NOT Bruce Lee unfortunately) in what is labeled a "tribute to the formula that made Bruce Lee a star!" Li plays a banker whose town is set upon by a ruthless gang. Sound familiar? It should, as indeed this formula has been used for well over a hundred kung-fu movies. At times, BLIND FIST reminded me of Jackie Chan's MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS, but the two are incomparable in terms of action. While Li plays his part competently enough, his two "teachers" (who soon enough become gang members themselves) have that sort of chop-socky comic relief that doesn't hold well with American audiences.There are enough characters to keep BLIND FIST interesting, including a blind man who has mastered the martial arts, a geisha and her kung-fu maid, and Li's aforementioned cat-fu and dog-fu mentors (they teach him such moves as "peeing dog" and "licking yourself"). Also, the film has enough of those beat-em-up moments for the audience to hate the bad guys and to side with Li and his blind teacher. Unfortunately, there is simply nothing too special about BLIND FIST OF BRUCE.While not bad, I would recommend this movie only to die-hards like myself, rather than as an entry-level feature. Instead, watch MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS or, even better, FIVE DEADLY VENOMS. :)

'Blind Fist of Bruce' is a good, watchable martial arts film. Ho Tsung Tao portrays a once wealthy bank manager who's robbed of everything he ever had by a gang of martial arts extortionists. He seeks the help of an elderly and blind martial arts master (Charasmatically played by Yuen Siu Tien). The twist is that the leader of the extortionists, Tiger, was once a pupil of the martial arts master. Years before, Tiger blinded his kung fu teacher after he exiled him from the school. This film contains a few mediocre scenes, but the good fight scenes and decent acting make up for it. Director Kam Bo could have put a liitle more detail into the film (Maybe he could have used fake tears on Soo Ching when she mourns Miss Hong's death). Still, this movie is pretty good and it's a lot better than most of Ho Tsung Tao's early work as Bruce Li in the early 70's.