Blood Street

This was great. We watched Low Blow, which was okay but the audio on the dialogue was far too low - I don't think we heard a single thing that Cameron Mitchell said. Thankfully in Blood Street the audio is a bit clearer. This time around the cover also at least somewhat reflects the film, unlike Low Blow (who is that guy and why is his arm like that?).

What can you say about a film of this calibre? There's too much to describe really, the highlight of it for me was the fact that Fong delivers the line: "Istilldontknowwhatchatalkinbout" not once, but twice.

Highly recommended if you're a fan of trash masterpieces like Deadly Prey (the king of trash action), Miami Connection, Samurai Cop etc. Viewing of Low Blow isn't necessary for continuity or anything. Does it add context and backstory to the character? Not really.

Enjoy.

Leo Fong reprises the role of P.I. Joe Wong from LOW BLOW (indeed it was) in this direct-to-video action flick. Wong gets caught up in the middle of a gang war between Richard Norton and some Italian guy when the Italian guy's wife (Playboy Playmate Kym Paige) requests his services.

This is really Fong at his best/worst. There is the requisite voice over, which he delivers with no emotion, and fight scenes/shoot outs that are so clumsy and poorly filmed. But this is the Fong charm. He gets in lots of lovely shots of San Francisco and there are a few bits that are an absolute hoot, like when the sexy Paige attempts to seduce the not-having-any-of-it Fong. Fong staple Stack Pierce has a supporting role and martial arts fave Norton proves he is not above charity work by starring as the villain. Highly recommended for Fong-o-philes (© me sucka!).

I saw this film a few years ago and the main reason for getting it was due to the fact that Leo Fong and Stack Pierce were in another film together. I was expecting to see Cameron Mitchell pop up somewhere but it didn't happen.

Leo Fong again reprises his role as PI and he's not to bad in this one. I think that Leo Fong displays here some of his acting ability , or is it just charisma ? Well whatever it is Leo Fong is good ! Some great action scenes from him and the one with him beating up some guys in the bar is great ! The story isn't bad and with the way it comes off , the movie is quite enjoyable. Stack Pierce of course is great as Solomon and he's always convincing. I'll pick up the DVD of this one as its always good to catch again.

Blood street is a wonderful movie with delicate dialogues and an intriguing plot about a group of people that just don't seem to get along very well; the conflict is solved in a very surprising way! Leo Fong is a great actor; unfortunately he hasn't won any Academy Awards or Golden Globes but who knows ... maybe the Hollywood establishment will come to their senses and recognize the pure and sincere creative genius of this amazing actor. Leo is almost 90 years old and still kicking the living daylights out of his enemies ... this alone should convince the Oscars and GG members of jury to see Leo Fong for who he really is ... one of the best actors in the World!

Leo Fong is the King of American Kung Fu Movies and Guerrilla Film Making and he always delivers. Watching this movie is an indulgent taste of uninhibited and truly independent film making and the action scenes are shot with the classic techniques and without wires and special effects.

It's amazing that Leo Fong never sold out to the studio driven industry and ending up playing a serious of "character" parts, and instead he's held firm to his visions and created excellent, independent films for four decades.

If you think about it, he's an action star in his senior years who writes, directs and produces his own films - he's the Clint Eastwood of the independent film industry. He's also a pioneer of minority film making and guerrilla film making and he's increasing being recognized for his contribution to the history of cinema.