Hei ren wu

This review is based on an abridged version. The opening scene shows a young boy bouncing a ball on the ground. The ball gets loose and rolls away. A kidnapping takes place. The setting in the present. The gangsters want the father's help in exchange for the boy. The parents are in their mid twenties. In this mini movie cars are involved quite a bit. The gang tries to run down the mother. The Dad fights with Bolo Yeung (aka Yang Sze). The fight sequences are good and not overly prolonged. Many medium close-ups, intermittent music. Based on the poster, drugs are involved. The U.S. poster is on line, showing the rating R. There are nice scenic backdrops in the film and mostly hand to hand combat, although guns are shown. This martial arts movie must have been fairly popular as it was one of 4 kung fu flicks that Ken Films decided to release on Super 8mm in the mid 1970's. There is a little confusion however as another movie with the same title, sans "The" was made that is similar. The tagline on the Super 8 box is, "It starts where the other 'Connections' left off. The Hong Kong Connection was a Cannon release in America.

It opens with guys stripping cars. Gangs meet at a junkyard to sell a trunk of stolen goods. The guys in flashy suits go to a card game. My girl, Woo Gam, is there. She is hot. Now her name on HKMBD is Hu Chin. Next is a scene where an ambulance blocks the road for some reason. Then it's to a restaurant for a lot of talking.

There was not a real fight until about the 28 minute mark and that was a bar brawl in the dark. There is a car chase near the end of the movie. A VW van is part of the chase scene. I owned a VW van and I have gone faster on a bicycle. My copy is the typical VHS converted to digital. The only surviving versions of this movie are dubbed in French. There is an English subtitled version of this from FuSubs made by Roger from Canada who also speaks French. Thank you, Roger, for the effort. Yet I wonder why you bothered. I will not be upgrading my copy.

I watched this movie because I am a hard core fan of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984. My mission is to watch every movie of that era and write a review. This movie would only draw the attention of another fan like me. To that other fan I say: I cannot recommend this movie. There are few fights and they are below average. I watched it once to write this review, I am done, I will never watch it again. I rate it below average.