Kung Fu Executioner (1981) | (VHS) | USED (MA001)

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Title: Kung Fu Executioner (1981)

Alternate Title: Shou zhi ào chū

Genre: Action / Martial Arts

Plot Synopsis
A martial-arts master returns home to discover his father is being targeted by a ruthless crime syndicate entwined with opium traffickers and corrupt businessmen. When the father is murdered, the hero teams up with an American kung-fu champion to tear into the underworld, exacting vengeance blade by blade and fist by fist as alliances crumble and loyalties are tested.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Lin Chan-Wai

• Writers: Lin Chan-Wai

• Cast:

  • Billy Chong as Li/Kuen Kong

  • Carl R. Scott as Donny

  • Chan Sing as Hung Chun Fai

  • Yu Hsin Chen

  • Ching Cheng

IMDb Link: Kung Fu Executioner (1981) 

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. MoVieManKev – ★★★☆☆
   “The Godfather plot is serviceable enough but it’s really just an excuse to string some good …”

2. AJ Clay – ★★★☆☆
   “Absolutely no idea what was going on here, lads, but the fight scenes were bloody great and the foley lad was having the time of his LIFE.”

3. COBB – ★★★★☆
   “A little gem where the criminal plot is a sleazy pantomime (ballsy rip off choice) that is seasoned with some pretty badass fights, styled but also quite organic and wild. In the sound section, the English dubbing and the ultra-powered effects shine by themselves.”

4. RealJohnGrace – ★★★☆☆
   “Billy Chong and Carl Scott are placed in various action scenarios working off Bruce Lee riffs from Fist of Fury and The Big Boss. Excellent, high energy choreography marred only by the movie’s sluggish plagiarism of tropes from The Godfather. Wish Chong and Scott had done more Hong Kong work…”

5. Peneke – ★★★★☆
   “Billy Chong, a sort of Bruce Lee-type, dishes out punches like loaves of bread… The fights are very inventive though the plot is a little flabby.”

Meta Description:
A gritty 1981 martial-arts revenge film delivering high-energy choreography as Billy Chong and Carl R. Scott battle a ruthless criminal syndicate.