ej's kung-fu capsule review for films of the chop-socky old-school - 1. basic plot type - Really a Chinese travelogue disguised as a kung fu film.
2. plot construction - Very weak.
3. dramatic - Tries hard; succeeds sometimes.
4. funny - Rarely, though it tries hard at this too.
5. dialog - Pretty banal.
6. cast performance - OK, but not more than competent.
7. crew performance - OK, but never more than competent.
8. amount of fighting - Surprisingly little.
9. quality of fighting - Surprisingly commonplace.
10. special any cast or crew notes - The star of this film started out as a character actor at Shaw Bros., and later achieved most renown in "Duel of the Seven Tigers"; this early star-vehicle doesn't make much use of his talents, which, admittedly, are a little limited anyway.
A very early film from director Lee Tso Nan, who clearly knows how to make movies, but makes them too quickly to avoid goofs and gaffs.
11. big positive - Odd historical document on life in Amsterdam in the mid-1970s.
12. big negative - Do we come to kung fu films to see historical documents on life in '70s Amsterdam?! bottom-line - who should see this movie - Kung fu completists only.