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Bronson Lee, Champion

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Bronson Lee stars as a Japanese who somehow grew up on a farm in the midwest. He enters a karate tournament because he wants to prove his skills. He beats all the fighters, but there is a guy called Black Tiger who he draws with. A twist happens towards the end which I won't give away, and Bronson fights Black Tiger for a second time.

I have only seen Bronson Lee in 2 movies prior to seeing this. He seems to imitate both Bruce Lee and Sonny Chiba. He doesn't come close to matching either in skill, but his screen fighting skills are still a bit above average. But those are screen fighting skills. In terms of real fighting skills he looks extremely lethal. My favorite scene of the movie is watching him train. This guy has some serious power in his kicks and punches. The fight scenes are nothing special, but not bad. The problem is that all the fights feel the same. None of the fight scenes stand out above the rest. They are all equal.

I wanted to see this movie because IMDB says Bolo Yeung is in the cast, but he isn't. I never look to IMDB for information on kung fu movies because half of the time they are wrong, but I couldn't find this movie on hkcinemagic. Probably because it isn't a Hong Kong movie. But with the karate style of fighting this movie uses, Bolo wouldn't have looked good anyway.

2.5/5

I saw this on netflix (the insta-watch thing), and the picture quality is amazing, especially for a movie from 1978.