BRUCE LEE IN 'ENTER THE DRAGON' WITH JOHN SAXON & JIM KELLY

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaI469nA88IHOfjCYerBlmsZGJXOZu_PMSyKoBSEsXn2qfqlgon6jaSnWtTSj0ZAdVp3sikNmXAL5VBG_R9MveVWqYEj4Jh7gaunyCHAzMZ7Qf0Jvk4uhje71kqEfgyqPKulpQCmsoOd-3eGEhTDTRTxEXul1-nohTotDRJsh61qvK2mzuT2f26tJPZ4d/s1896/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-30%20at%2011.45.20%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1896" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaI469nA88IHOfjCYerBlmsZGJXOZu_PMSyKoBSEsXn2qfqlgon6jaSnWtTSj0ZAdVp3sikNmXAL5VBG_R9MveVWqYEj4Jh7gaunyCHAzMZ7Qf0Jvk4uhje71kqEfgyqPKulpQCmsoOd-3eGEhTDTRTxEXul1-nohTotDRJsh61qvK2mzuT2f26tJPZ4d/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-30%20at%2011.45.20%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRAGON Year: 1973 Rates: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the time Bruce Lee, starring in his first and last American produced motion picture, squares off against island-ruling heavy Han in ENTER THE DRAGON, one important thing is crystal clear... <br><br>Nobody, from henchmen <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/11/tconnection.html">Bolo Young</a> to Robert Wall, or co-stars John Saxon or <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/jim%20kelly">Jim Kelly</a>, could have taken him on and so, liken to a James Bond franchise villain, the seedy-smiling, slave-owning, harem-surrounded Kien Shih has a glove with knife-fingers to give him that needed/necessary edge...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, ahna capri, bolo yeung, bruce lee, jim kelly, john saxon, karate, robert clouse, seventies, spy

BRUCE LEE IN 'ENTER THE DRAGON' WITH JOHN SAXON & JIM KELLY

Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRAGON Year: 1973 Rates: ***** By the time Bruce Lee, starring in his first and last American produced motion picture...

JIM KELLY'S NOT BLACK BELT JONES IN 'THE TATTOO CONNECTION'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTFrArfvfSCmnqXxnghJ5IegGs40lSshdSW6vV7mbpE73u60fLA0Wkn_YUecMfnRJBnuwkhfoYWBwRZ_P2_8xdv9POjQj9QSsb3zffq648PfnoSNzj3sbJ7yQ5A3jtx-CnMNtYa1e1bSEOc29wib7nYBMZ3RtV_-i5OdT_UQMsNNQDrGme9yYcBlP0HqK/s1176/Screen%20Shot%202024-11-22%20at%2011.22.18%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTFrArfvfSCmnqXxnghJ5IegGs40lSshdSW6vV7mbpE73u60fLA0Wkn_YUecMfnRJBnuwkhfoYWBwRZ_P2_8xdv9POjQj9QSsb3zffq648PfnoSNzj3sbJ7yQ5A3jtx-CnMNtYa1e1bSEOc29wib7nYBMZ3RtV_-i5OdT_UQMsNNQDrGme9yYcBlP0HqK/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-11-22%20at%2011.22.18%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jim Kelly in THE TATTOO CONNECTION Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>With the famous style of camera zooms going quickly forward and pulling back even quicker, THE TATTOO CONNECTION is more of a noirish Asian crime flick than martial arts... although with groovy-smooth ENTER THE DRAGON co-star Jim Kelly imported for universal value and local master kicker Tao-Liang Tan the third-billed buried-lead, there's a whole lot of the latter...<br><br>Misleadingly deemed BLACK BELT JONES 2, Kelly (who returned as Jones in HOT POTATO) is an agent named Lucas, and appears about twenty-minutes in after establishing a frantic underworld where a young man's in-hiding after turning on the formidable mob boss...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

action, bolo yeung, jim kelly, karate, mobster, nami misaki, neo noir, seventies, shu-ying cheng, tao-liang tan

JIM KELLY'S NOT BLACK BELT JONES IN 'THE TATTOO CONNECTION'

Jim Kelly in THE TATTOO CONNECTION Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 With the famous style of camera zooms going quickly forward and pulling back ev...

JIM KELLY IN 'THE TATTOO CONNECTON' AJKA 'BLACK BELT JONES 2'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Hg1OMHKYOMgE8ug22BIBHvvUNZvg8_sx0-RGUpkclEIX4_oulCq6ob0z-af2sJg7nj1DI1l5z3bb3NpGBL1WuB_CU9CapXXK9AAfnCnMlEa_o0GSE0SPbs5IuUeJLCTniG6-sjUlPs_A/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-06-01+at+6.54.18+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1238" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Hg1OMHKYOMgE8ug22BIBHvvUNZvg8_sx0-RGUpkclEIX4_oulCq6ob0z-af2sJg7nj1DI1l5z3bb3NpGBL1WuB_CU9CapXXK9AAfnCnMlEa_o0GSE0SPbs5IuUeJLCTniG6-sjUlPs_A/s400/Screen+Shot+2018-06-01+at+6.54.18+PM.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Groovy title sequence YEAR of RELEASE: 1978</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Not a sequel to BLACK BELT JONES despite the misleading alternative title, which HOT POTATO was supposed to be and failed: Instead, THE TATTOO CONNECTION is a Tao-liang Tan vehicle with ENTER THE DRAGON afro icon Jim Kelly on the side... <br> <br> But with his usual confident bravado he steals, and eventually owns, this thoroughly entertaining Chinese-imported Kung Fu flick centering on the recovery of a stolen diamond and the mobster thugs who want it, and who they use in the process: Enter "Master of Kicks" Tan, who kicks ass for fifteen-minutes before Kelly, a CIA agent named Lucas, is called in from America. Tan works for the villainous Sin Cheng along with Bolo Yeung and some other badly dubbed goons, but eventually our flash-legged hero, with the aid of beautiful wife Nami Misaki, joins Kelly's Lucas in a glorious fight on a freighter ship in a movie that, through time and lack of restoration, looks awful and grainy (awfully grainy) and yet, overall, TATTOO CONNECTION (officially titled "E yu tou hei sha xing" and also known as HONG KONG CONNECTION, ) is surprisingly good stuff with lots of quick zooms, and not too much exposition dialogue since you always know where the character are going, and why.<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

blaxploitation, bolo yeung, jim kelly, karate, seventies

JIM KELLY IN 'THE TATTOO CONNECTON' AJKA 'BLACK BELT JONES 2'

Groovy title sequence YEAR of RELEASE: 1978 Not a sequel to BLACK BELT JONES despite the misleading alternative title, which HOT POTATO ...

DOUBLE IMPACT

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaq9OVR2ZH6Sh4qeHoeiIj8PqWf_I6E4aCvK3aEYER5JMO5K544gvfF6eP6rflQpOgdWr72YzIhc4DZIwcWEik99exmr0u7x0P3sj8EudKwLliEu807ErdTkD2fj0jcv6oUQkw9ALeL-0/s1600/vandammes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaq9OVR2ZH6Sh4qeHoeiIj8PqWf_I6E4aCvK3aEYER5JMO5K544gvfF6eP6rflQpOgdWr72YzIhc4DZIwcWEik99exmr0u7x0P3sj8EudKwLliEu807ErdTkD2fj0jcv6oUQkw9ALeL-0/s1600/vandammes.jpg" /></a></div><b>title:</b> DOUBLE IMPACT<br /> <b>year: </b>1991<br /> <b>cast:</b> Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis<br /> <b>rating:</b> ***<br /> <br /> If one Jean-Claude Van Damme was never enough, here's the movie for you: a decent action flick beginning with two infants separated during a bloody shootout in Hong Kong… Their father did a favor for a mobster who didn’t need his services any longer. Thanks to Geoffrey Lewis as a bodyguard turned uncle, one of the brothers, who winds up a pretty boy karate instructor to rich, horny women in Los Angeles, is saved. But he’s drawn back to cutthroat Hong Kong where he meets his shady twin, an arms dealer who couldn’t be more different. Together, along with Geoffrey Lewis and of course a beautiful love interest, they take on the mob boss who killed their parents, and even with two Dammes, it won’t be easy. The best scenes involve the milquetoast brother getting tougher through various fights, especially with the iconic ENTER THE DRAGON badass Bolo Yeung (fitfully scarred-up from the opening scene, making him even more intimidating). But the crooked brother, who had so much promise as a rogue maverick in the beginning, becomes but a jealous whiner as his put-upon lady starts preferring Abel to Cain. It’s a movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and there’s an abundance of insert/close-ups that lead one to believe the budget wasn’t too high. But the characters are interesting enough to care about and it’s the fights that matter, occurring enough to appease hardcore karate buffs.

action, bolo yeung, geoffrey lewis, jean-claude van damme, karate, nineties

DOUBLE IMPACT

title: DOUBLE IMPACT year: 1991 cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis rating: *** If one Jean-Claude Van Damme was never enoug...