Search - The Kings Of Kung Fu on DVD

Craig S. (InnerMacro) from WAUSAU, WI
Reviewed on 5/5/2022...

This "Double Feature" attempts to mine the popularity of Bloodsport, both in the cover marketing plan as well as in the featured obscure movie Bloodfight. Bolo Yeung practically reprises his role as Chong Li (perhaps named Chang Li) in this 'Rocky IV' meets Bloodsport attempt at filmmaking. Oddly, Bloodfight uses English throughout, despite being a Japanese - Hong Kong joint venture. Surprisingly, the lead character is not the guy they show training for the first hour of the movie (Simon Yam). No, he sadly checks out over one hour (!) into the film, being beaten to death by Chong Li. The viewer is left feeling as miserable as Yasuaki Kurata's character does after all the investment in such a disappointment. My rating gets the stars it does for what it attempts to do, not because the movie is good. It's hard not to be entertained by any movie featuring Bolo Yeung, especially such an unabashed, unofficial 'sequel' to Bloodsport.

But wait! There's more! The second half of this 'double feature' is less than one minute of Jean Claude 'Vandam' starring as the "Gay Karate Man" in Monaco Forever! I have no idea what the intent of this barely 30 min film was supposed to do for audiences. The plot appears to follow a guy through 1940s France (clearly shot on location in California) while interspersed with cheesy black and white vignettes of him as a Nazi officer in some sort of parallel storyline. Poor acting, poor accents, and a plot having absolutely nothing to do with martial arts make this part of the DVD the ripoff that it is. There is no way that this film deserves to be billed as showcasing a 'Master of Kung Fu'.