I know that Rolling Thunder was supposed to put out a theatrical release, but I was always told that what happened was that Golden Harvest wouldn’t let them put it out subtitled in the states, and so the QT gang passed. Like a lot of Kung Fu releases over the years, the original domestic DVD was a travesty, as it featured only a dubbed version. Dragon Dynasty has released the film in a two disc set. Jet Li was also in his prime, and when you watch the fights (with very little wire work) it can take your breath away. From the opening fight where Chen Zhen takes on a room full of Japanese students, to when he holds his own against forty men, to a fight with a Japanese master (Kurata Yasuaki) who he then fights blindfolded, there are highs here that remain spectacular fifteen years after the fact. But with the choreography of Yuen Woo Ping is such that nothing else matters.
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