The Man From Hong Kong

1975

Johnny's comments:

"You, you've blown it all sky high
By telling me a lie
Without a reason why
You've blown it all sky high"

Ah, The Man From Hong Kong, I can't believe I haven't seen it 'til now. Released in 1975 and directed by the great Brian Trenchard-Smith (his first feature film), it's about a Hong Kong policeman, Inspector Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu of so many kung fu classics) who comes to Australian to pick up a prisoner (played by the great Sammo Hung), but when the crim is assassinated, Fang launches a one-man campaign to bring down who was responsible. And it ends with Jack Wilton (George Lazenby), a notorious drug baron/entrepreneur and martial arts expert. With the help of two local cops, when they can catch up, Fang's gonna take down Wilton.

Possibly the most awesome Australian film ever, an old-school actioner that's a bit cheesy, but with such great action sequences that you'd wish you saw in modern films instead of the fast editing, camera shaking, can't see a thing style that pervades today. I wish more Australian films were this fun, it's not like you need a massive budget to do so either.
 
 

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