( 25 reviews )
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Posted: May 26 2009
It must be hard for young people today to imagine the impact this film had on movie goers when it played for weeks in theaters and took people's breath away as this was the first martial arts film to come from overseas. The title Five Fingers Of Death was what Warner Bros. named it when they released it before creating their own Enter The Dragon with Bruce Lee. This film was released before any of Lee's Chinese films which were touted as featuring "real Kung-Fu", implying all others like King Boxer were not true martial arts. I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan but King Boxer is still a masterpiece that still delivers. It holds a special place in my mind and others, I'm sure, for introducing american audiences to what was then a new form of action film that initially attracted everyone. I originally saw this with my Dad who was so blown away he took us to see it several times. He dragged my mom to see it even though she covered her eyes through half the film. The flood of films released from China right after this one were endless, many bad, but some very good. Oddly enough I can't remember any more coming from Warner other than their own homegrown Enter The Dragon. King Boxer deserves a place in any film fan's collection. It introduced a whole new genre of film that still thrives.
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Posted: Apr 1 2009
This movie is a great classic. The age of the movie itself is the only reason I did not give it 5 stars. Some places in the video are not sharp, but that is as can be expected for a movie as old as this one. The action in 5 fingers is always great, and my husband and I will probably wear out this DVD and have to try to get another one. Thank you for having this movie available. He had been wanting it for years, and now we finally have it! Some of the best fighting scenes and lines ever put into a martial arts movie is in this one. I think this is one of the best fighting films ever.
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Posted: Mar 18 2009
note, that when these martial-arts movies were really hot during the 1970s we would go to the movies and then fight inside during the movie which would cause the movie to be stoped until order was restore, and yes, the police had to come. later after the movie the real fights brokeout outside, I'm talking about boston, and new york, city. note every true martialarts movie fan knows about this, this is how you can catch the bullsh!!!rs. anyway, this is my review. thanks.
