"View the beginnings of America's newest action star, Jackie Chan..."
True enough.
Master With Cracked Fingers, also known as a billion other names including Snake Fist Fighter, is obviously a Bruce Lee imitation, but no doubt a good one.
It tells the story of Jacky Chan (Chan) who is taught martial arts secretly at a young age by an old master (Yuen Siu Tien). He later uses the kung fu on a gang of Triads, which angers their boss and results in the death of his father.
The martial arts choreography is pretty good, and this film would probably be fondly remembered if not for one major fact: the production company went broke in the production year (either 1971 or 1974). So the film wasn't released until 1978, and by then the entire storyline had been changed.
Overall, an entertaining 70s kung fu flick.

RATING: 6/10