Monday 28 April 2008

Rumble in Hing Kong a.k.a. Young Tiger a.k.a. Police Woman

Director; Mu Zhu
Starring; Jackie Chan, Charlie Chin
Genre; Action, Martial Arts
Year; 1973
Release; UK Prism Leisure (boxset)

Disgraceful cash-in attempt. An early Chan film, where he has a small role, as a bad guy. He is NOT the star of this pic, despite what is touted on the cover. The 'Rumble' title has been added to cash in on the much later Bronx film. Thing is, the Police Woman title is also misleading, there is one, but she aint the main character either. The taxi driver, played by a young Charlie Chin is, maybe he's meant to be the young tiger, fuck knows. This is one awful movie anyway, despite the lack of Chan, which I knew before I saw it, it's just a bad film anyway. TBH, if it wasent for Chans presence, keeping a certain marketability for the film, this would probably be in the public domain now, or, worse still, it's just the sort of crap that a certain Godfrey Ho liked to turn into 'Ninja films' in the 80's. Only for Chan completists.

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