In the early '80s, a series of action comedies appeared starring one "Elton Chong" and released to American Markets under the creative credits of Hong Kong hacksters Josdeph Lai and Godfrey Ho, although they were more likely made in Korea by an uncredited crew and bought-out, re-edited, and very poorly dubbed. Most of these films are actually entertaining; Elton Chong is actually very likable, and he can handle broad comedy well and still perform fight-scenes with considerable credibility if not much style.
The main problem with all these films is that the re-editing was done with blunt scissors, reels are re-arraigned with no reason whatsoever, and so the story-line gets corrupted beyond recognition.
Western audiences may also find the broad, even low, humor of these films a little difficult to take; but if you just ask yourselves what a film starring Bruce Lee with the Three Stooges might have been like, and just leave oneself open to some plain old-fashioned stupid slapstick, it's not all that bad, and not badly done.
Anyway, this is one of the better Elton Chong action-comedies, largely because the relationship between Chong and "Mike Wong" as the old beggar who has to teach him Kung-Fu is especially personable; the two made several films together and definitely had a chemistry working between them. (NAME ALERT: "Mike Wong" was also used occasionally by producer Lai for Casanova Wong.) No, it doesn't make much sense, but as a silly bit of chop-socky fluff, it's definitely entertaining.
The main problem with all these films is that the re-editing was done with blunt scissors, reels are re-arraigned with no reason whatsoever, and so the story-line gets corrupted beyond recognition.
Western audiences may also find the broad, even low, humor of these films a little difficult to take; but if you just ask yourselves what a film starring Bruce Lee with the Three Stooges might have been like, and just leave oneself open to some plain old-fashioned stupid slapstick, it's not all that bad, and not badly done.
Anyway, this is one of the better Elton Chong action-comedies, largely because the relationship between Chong and "Mike Wong" as the old beggar who has to teach him Kung-Fu is especially personable; the two made several films together and definitely had a chemistry working between them. (NAME ALERT: "Mike Wong" was also used occasionally by producer Lai for Casanova Wong.) No, it doesn't make much sense, but as a silly bit of chop-socky fluff, it's definitely entertaining.