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Contrarily what said in some review, this actioner wasn't directed by a young John Woo Yusen, it was directed by producer Jimmy Pascual aka Chu Won Yin, boss of Emperor, a little company that produced some moneymaker trash-cult like The Good and the Bad (1972, US title Kung-Fu the invisible fist) or The bloody fists (1972). The tiny plot involves an undercover cop sent to his village in order to investigate about the usual gangsters, one of whom caused the destruction of the cop's family. Alot of kung-fu combats courtesy by Yuen Wo Ping (his father Simon, of future Drunken Master fame, is also in the movie), a young Jackie Chan as a stuntman and some bizarre weapon are all you can find in this lowbudget crime story. Funny as usual the presence of the evil pair San Kway and Fong Yau as the short killer and the taller one (they were real-life friends so they often did appear together in several Kung-Fu movies from that Era). Retitled Fists of double K for US market, this Fist to fist was a good moneymaker in Italy too, I remember it stayed in a Rome's movie theatre for weeks, cuz it was released soon after King Boxer/Five fingers of death and The Chinese connection/Fist of Fury, so it took advantage from theyr success. It was made in two weeks in the same landscape used for a countless other actioners made by HK independent companies. UK title: Dragons of death.

I can't figure out why there is a different director name over here. Anyways, this is a movie about some kung fu guy on a quest to rescue some blind girl from a bunch of evil men. The end.

As a kung fu movie in itself, it is actually pretty good but as a John Woo movie...... well compared to his later stuff like The Killer or Hard Boiled it's rather mediocre. But he was starting out and I think for an earlier piece, it's actually descent. The martial arts action is nice and even a little creative. Characterization could of been a little more unique but over all cool. The story is one dimensional and the acting was okay. So it's not bad at all.

In Conclusion: I recommend this to 70's kung fu lovers and John Woo completists at best.

Think Chinese Western, with music ripped off from TV's Mission Impossible, and The Godfather! Pretty bad, but they all did that back then.

The cover picture shows Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, but only Jackie is in this movie as a Guard and stunt person. He has no starring roll. Bruce Lee does not seem to be in, or have anything to do with this film at all from what I could see. There is certainly no fighting between them in this movie as the cover picture suggests. Jackie Chan at the time was merely a stunt man, like in Enter the Dragon. So, he was a nobody at the time.

"Fist of the Double K" makes it sound like a cowboy western on a ranch, and doesn't fit really anything in the movie.

The action was OK some good fight scenes at the end.

Version: RBC Entertainment's "Kung Fu Theatre" DVD series. Dub Only. Possible Spoilers:

"Fist of the Double K" is not the style of movie we're used to from the man who made "A Better Tomorrow" and "the Killer". This movie is pretty much your average chopsocky, revenge movie. A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters - one of whom betrayed the hero's father and left him to die. Plot-wise, that's about it, but no one watches kung-fu movies expecting a great story. The action scenes are pretty good (as in all old-school kung-fu movies, any important character obviously has some sort of unique, bizarre weapon or ability - boomerangs of death, for example). Only complaint is the dubbing - one of the characters at the start sounds a lot like Porky Pig. Otherwise, its a fun movie.

5/10