Rage of the Dragon (1980)
Reviewed by: Frank Lakatos on 2006-02-10
Summary: One of Dragon Lee's best movies..
A Korean movie dubbed, edited, and ripped off by Godfrey Ho and Tomas Tang's Asso Asia productions. This is one of Dragon Lee's best movies, coming second to Secret Ninja, Roaring Tiger(1982). Unlike any Korean movies I've ever seen Dragon in, there are complex animal forms, which Dragon Lee and Choi Min Kyu do with brilliant timing and skill. "Jaguar Lee" Lim Ja Ho has a cameo as well, and the powerful Carter Wong, who was doing a few Korean movie at the time, including Godfrey Ho's the Magnificent(1979) during the same year, Wong steals the show with some interersting gimmicks. Dragon lee even uses finger chucks again, which he used the same year in Dragon on Fire(1979), where he costarred in an attempt, by Godfrey Ho, to promote Dragon Lee's Korean movies. Carter Wong may have starred in this Korean movie probably because Godfrey Ho saw it as an opportunity to again showcase Dragon Lee and his Korean movies, which would be later ripped off by Ho. The final fight between Dragon Lee and Carter Wong is lengthy and well choreographed, with Dragon Lee's entertaining martial arts skills thrown into the mixture. Recommended. 3/5