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Maybe my knowledge of martial arts flicks is limited, but I do not understand how come this appears under series " Kung-Fu classics ", at least the version I bought. The film cannot even be watched with Chinese speech, it's all English, very bad as usual voice-over.

The movie has nothing special to offer, just squish squash bang bang one Euro setup nonsense. The plot is about two clearly insane brothers mainly just beating everyone up.

I bought this from a flea market from some Turkish guy, I believe it is originally a Norwegian release. And I usually like Kung-Fu flicks. But c'mon..

A year after Chen Kuan Tai's epic Big Boss Of Shanghai, his Shaw Brothers comrade and equally as impressive kung-fu star, Chi Kuan Chun, starred in and directed this similar story of two poor brothers who find employment with a local gangster. And while this 1980 production is jam-packed with great kung-fu fighting, Big Rascal lacks the production design of the other, often coming across as a less polished film. The other major difference would be that this offers a bit more comedy, courtesy of co-star Cheung Tai Lun and regular kung-fu comedy star, Lee Kwan...

While the films plot is pretty much as simple as that, Big Rascal makes up for its lack-of with a fantastic amount of nicely choreographed kung-fu. As Ho (Chi Kuan Chun) climbs the ranks, he makes more and more enemies along the way, taking over casino's and brothels with force. His brother on the other hand, prefers to mess around, learning kung-fu from a neighbouring girl and trying his new skills out on whoever he can, when he can.

The great Kam Kong stars as one brothel owner who doesn't take any crap, and gets his revenge by killing Ho's brother at his wedding, along with his boss and more. Obviously, Ho isn't going to take things lying down and uses his solid kung-fu skills and new position to exact vengeance for his murdered brother - leading to an epic, fight filled finale that definitely pleases, backed by his brothers new wife (Wang Chen in one of her few roles) who highly impresses!

Overall: A fine directorial debut from star Chi Kuan Chun, Big Rascal entertains and provides fans with plenty of great kung-fu action!

As the other reviewers on this site have noted, BIG RASCAL really isn't up to much. It's your garden-variety kung fu film, a chop socky epic made by Hong Kong producers but shot in the cheap in Taiwan. It features poor plotting, very average fight staging in which you can see the supposed hits miss more often than not, and the lack of any big name or talented stars.

The story is about a couple of upstanding guys who have financial issues (money seems to propel the story lines of every period kung fu flick in existence). One of them finds work as a bodyguard, but his new job sees him coming up against various criminals with plenty of fights ensuing. A female fighter is also involved in the story. As is usual for this genre of film, BIG RASCAL suffers from poor dubbing and the singular availability of a lousy pan-and-scan print that robs the action of much of its excitement.

Chi Kuan-Chun and his brother Peng Kong face tough economic times, hard work and poor pay. As usual good kung fu gets the attention of the rich guy. After some soul searching Chi Kuan-Chun accepts employment from mister rich. His brother learns kung fu from him and gets on the payroll too. Brother also gets involved with the hot kung fu chick, Wang Chen. The rest of the story involves death and revenge.

This movie is average for the year and fans of the genre but no hidden gem. The girl, Wang Chen, is excellent and did her own acrobatics too, though she had a short career. All of Chi Kuan-Chun's fights were the same – to prove he was the best. The movie is certainly worth a watch for fans you will not be wasting your time and that's about it.