To date, the second of only two very marginal collaborations between Jackie Chan and John Woo; neither had made a name for themselves when "The Hand of Death" (aka "Countdown in Kung Fu") premiered in 1976, though both future auteurs have a pulse.

Dorian Tan stars as a Shaolin avenger whose gung fu is so good nothing can keep up with him including the film. That's less a compliment to the Korean import and more a critique of the film on a whole; "The Hand of Death" is just that slow.

Twenty-seven year old director John Woo appears in an extended cameo as one of Tan's allies.