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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Fist of Fear Touch of Death (1980)

An American kung fu film directed by Matthew Mallinson, released by Troma.
Legends of Bruce Lee are told and a martial arts competition is held to supposedly determine who will take his place. Most of the Lee Legends revolve around his grandfather who was a martial arts expert as well.
Is there such a thing as a Chinese samurai? No. However, the clips of this impossible character are awesome and he displays every type of kung fu magic and Hong Kong wire trick available. I found the film humorous as the narrator looks like the founder of the Church of Satan, Anton Szandor LaVey. The Aaron Banks character who knows so much about Bruce is obviously portrayed as his murderer and every other element of the film is obviously a joke. That being said, most of it was filler trash with some kung-funtasy sequences thrown in (Grandfather Lee) so I rate it poor.