Back in the 00's I bought a DVD collection of "Grindhouse" films, curated by Quinton Tarantino; to further date this I bought it at a Boarders Books and Music. Anyways, for whatever reason I only made it half way through the set. So after revisiting the first half I intend to complete the package. The films are arranged as a series of double features based on genra, in this case martial arts films.
'Kung Fu Punch of Death' aka 'Prodigal Boxer', filmed in 72 but but not released in the States till 74. A Hong Kong and/or Twianse production. Set in the olden times, story concerns a martial arts student (Fei Meng, apparently something of a name in this field) accidently kills a man in training, said man's family has Meng's father killed in retaliation. Meng tries to exact revange, it doesn't go well, so he then trains up for an extended period of time and his revanging is much more successful.
I've never really been able to get into Kung Fu films, with a few exceptions. Frankly I find them hard to sustain interest in. This one is pretty alright, the dull and interesting parts pretty much even out. Meng starts out as a real dumb ass, but over time he grows into less of a dumb ass. That final fight scene is pretty cool. **1/2
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