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The Big Showdown (1974)

Directed by Wong Tin-Lam

Action | Eastern

Overview

After his father’s brutal murder, Ton Tin-Kuo sets out to seek the killer. He is befriended by evil casino owner Don Yee, who actually sets Tong up to fight his bitter enemy Pau Tze-Pin, but Pau reveals the truth of Don Yee’s tricks to Tong and later makes firm their alliance by rescuing him from prison and explaining that Don Yee is his father’s murderer. When his sister is also killed by Don Yee, Tong thirsts for revenge!

Rated R | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Charles Heung | Tina Chin Fei | Shao Hua Liang | Shao-chia Chen | Ho Pak-Kwong | Wei Hu | Fu-Wan Chin | Chin Chun | Jen Kwan | Lily Chen Ching

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/11/2014TVDVDOwned6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Another from my Woo Ping set (he was the action director). Could probably rate this higher if I viewed a better version, one not cropped to full screen, dubbed and too dark. Most of all the fight scenes (until the finale) are shot at night so it’s already murky. And some of the fighting is crazy but you can’t see what’s happening. The 4x3 cropping really hurts this.

Pretty basic premise too. “A damn good fighter, no ordinary guy” is setup for his father’s murder then goes on the run trying to find the killers. All while getting mixed up with unsavory characters. Gambling, brothels, boobs, and lots of kung fu fighting. Not great but good enough. Plus the final fight is exhausting.

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