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(1973)

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5/10
Jason Pai Piao is a tough cop in this action-packed kung fu thriller
Leofwine_draca20 February 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I saw this film under the title KUNG FU GANGBUSTERS. It's a contemporary kung fu thriller in the Bruce Lee mould, written by Kuang Ni while he was moonlighting during his main work at the Shaw Brothers studio. There's another Shaw link in the presence of leading man Jason Pai Piao, here cast as a stock hero a few years before he would become a mainstay in the Shaw universe.

The plot of KUNG FU GANGBUSTERS is nothing special and involves the usual cops going up against drugs gangs. There's a little murder and violence thrown into the mix but for the most part this is straight action with various participants beating and bruising each other until the finish. A few chain poles are used as weapons here and there and Piao gives a typically intense performance which makes this rather better than you might expect given its vintage and genre.
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3/10
Simply failed to hold my attention
ckormos121 June 2019
It starts with marching. Abrupt cut to an arrest in progress then cut again to rich guys talking about drugs over champagne. Next a Jaguar with drugs in the trunk drives all over Hong Kong.

The first 20 minutes of this movie failed to make sense to me. The story seems to involve Jason Pai Piao as a cop and something to do with drug smuggling. My copy is a digital file that plays as widescreen on a HDTV but it is not really widescreen. It is dubbed in English by the A team of voice actors. It seems to be a recording of a television broadcast.

Overall, the movie simply failed to hold my attention. There was a problem with the copy I had. Sometimes poor resolution and too close up from cropping to fit a TV screen makes it an effort just to watch. Even so, the action was only passable and the story rambled.
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