Chinese kung fu students, having been taught the Korean art of Hapkido for 5 years, are released into the world in order to open up their own branch of Hapkido school. At first they get along fine with everybody, going to visit the other local/rival kung fu schools, even opening up a drop~in centre for the sick, gaining the respect of all the other kung fu masters and people in town.... except 'The Black Bear' school, a bunch of rascally Japanese bullies, that get wind of a Hapkido school opening, and consequently start causing trouble for everyone in a 50 mile radius. For the three Hapkido teachers, The promise of observing patience at all times by their master becomes increasingly difficult - insults and violence are exclusively aimed at their school, acts which inevitably result in tragedy, and the need for the remaining teacher to forget her oath of level headedness and start fighting back.
Angela Mao, who played Bruce Lee's sister in Enter the Dragon, steals the scene in this awesome martial arts film that has oodles of impressive martial arts fighting ( choreographed by Sammo Hung), which, in the Bruce Lee's school of hard knocks - straightforward, fast and furious. Apart from the fighting, it's well-acted, paced, well-plotted with enough story to add weight to the proceedings. Angelo Mao has a great screen presence and conveys some compassion in her character.
Angela Mao, who played Bruce Lee's sister in Enter the Dragon, steals the scene in this awesome martial arts film that has oodles of impressive martial arts fighting ( choreographed by Sammo Hung), which, in the Bruce Lee's school of hard knocks - straightforward, fast and furious. Apart from the fighting, it's well-acted, paced, well-plotted with enough story to add weight to the proceedings. Angelo Mao has a great screen presence and conveys some compassion in her character.