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Very rare "good" early Jackie Chan flick
Dragon Fist has very well done choregraphy. This is one of his good films with Lo Wei. Jackie was in good physical shape at the time of this movie so there is some pretty sweet acrobatics. His amazing choreography ability shows in every fight scene. <
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>This DVD (Columbia Tristar) has cut the film from its original 95 minutes to 75 minutes. But to make up for it, it does have the original widescreen aspect ratio (2:35:1) and the original Cantonese audio with English subtitles. Although sometimes fight scenes will happen without any explaination, and you don't really get the WHOLE plot. But for the most part, you know what's going on. <
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>If you want the whole story, get the Simitar DVD. That DVD is full screen, but you get its entire version with a pretty good picture quality. But stay away from the Beverly Wilshire DVD. They took Dragon Fist straight from a banged-up VHS without any refinement of the picture whatsoever. Also, the Beverly Wilshire version claims that it's widescreen, but they took it from a full screen version and then cropped the tops and bottoms to make it look "widescreen." So you are better off with a full screen version from Simitar.

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Dragon Fist (1978)
This film is really a drama with kung fu in it. Jackie's master is killed so his wife, daughter and Jackie seek revenge on the murderer. When they find him they discover that he's repented his sins and even cut off his leg and penance. The the one-legged master and Jackie join forces to defeat the person who killed Jackie's master.

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Good drama
This story is basically a good drama, with action/kung fu scenes supporting the story, which is unusual for a Lo Wei directed Jackie picture and for the Hong Kong 70s kung fu genre as a whole!! Jackie gives a good dramatic performance, though as it is basically his first, is not terrific. Please note the 3 stars are for Jackie and the story, not for the DVD itself. 20 or so minutes (which explains why a lot of the action happens) have been cut from this version. This is typical of US distributed Jackie movies I have found. Check out Amazon.co.uk for recently produced DVDs (including this one) which are not cut. They are PAL format though. If you are a rabid Chan-fan, and like to see Jackie stretching himself a little beyond the typical action/comedy/stunt scenario then this movie is a must see and won't disappoint, even in its reduced format.