Review of Jade Claw

Jade Claw (1979)
8/10
Billy Chong tries to be Jackie Chan
2 April 2007
Choreographed by Yuen Kwai and the Yuen Brothers and with Simon Yuen reprising his roles from Drunken Master and in particular Snake in the Eagle's Shadow this works well. Billy Chong takes the Jackie Chan role and the training sequences are just as tortuous as he learns Shadow Eagle Claw to beat the Phoenix Eye fist technique of Jen (Chu Tiet Wo). Some spectacular fights, including against a western boxer who insults Chinese kung fu make this a movie worth seeking out.

The Deaf Man and Blind Man lackeys of Jen don't seem to be handicapped by their disabilities and the damage they do to Billy Chong is suitably gruesome. Simon Yuen playing the old cook is as good as ever.
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