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Le Poing de la vengeance

Original title: Long quan
  • 1979
  • 12
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
3K
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Jackie Chan in Le Poing de la vengeance (1979)
Kung FuMartial ArtsActionDrama

Tong Huo-wan seeks redress from the man responsible for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters.Tong Huo-wan seeks redress from the man responsible for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters.Tong Huo-wan seeks redress from the man responsible for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters.

  • Director
    • Wei Lo
  • Writer
    • Chung-Ping Wang
  • Stars
    • Jackie Chan
    • Nora Miao
    • James Tien
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Wei Lo
    • Writer
      • Chung-Ping Wang
    • Stars
      • Jackie Chan
      • Nora Miao
      • James Tien
    • 19User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan
    • Tong Huo-wan
    Nora Miao
    Nora Miao
    • Mung-laan
    James Tien
    James Tien
    • Fong-gong
    Eun-joo Im
    • Chung Cau-ping
    • (as Yin-Ju Lin)
    Szu-Cheng Mu
    • Ngai Cong-long
    • (as Chiang Kao)
    Yen Si-Kuan
    • Chung Gim-gwan
    Sha-Fei Ouyang
    Sha-Fei Ouyang
    • Mistress
    Hsu Hsia
    Hsu Hsia
    • Chong Saam-taai
    • (as Hsia Hsu)
    Shi-Kwan Yen
    Shi-Kwan Yen
    • Master Li
    Lu-Chiang Chao
    Jae-ho Choi
    Yuan Hsu
      Yeong-il Kim
      Yeong-il Kim
      • Laam-ceng
      • (as Eagle Han)
      Hsiao-shih Liang
      Kang Peng
      Fat Tsui
      • Ngai's fighter
      Li-Peng Wan
      Li-Peng Wan
      Kuang Yu Wang
      Kuang Yu Wang
      • Lou-saam
      • Director
        • Wei Lo
      • Writer
        • Chung-Ping Wang
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      wucan

      Serious Seventies. Quality Chan.

      If you're a recent Jackie Chan convert, or you've been watching his films since 'Police Story' his backlog of seventies films is a daunting place. There's a lot of terrible, terrible stuff out there. You might have seen 'Eagle Shadow Fist' or 'The Killer Meteors' and shied away from anything else. I wouldn't blame you. But he made some decent films in this era. It's just a matter of finding them.

      The Director of Dragon Fist is a man called Lo Wei. I say a man, not a director. Lo Wei was more interested in Gambling than directing.

      Bruce Lee nearly came to blows with Wei in the filming of 'Fist of Fury'. Wei spent more time listening to horse racing and sleeping than he did with a megaphone. The result? Lee got his own input. Better movie. That's maybe the point with Lo Wei. The less he directs, the more the other people direct. And that could be a good thing.

      Lo Wei director or produced (almost) all of Jackie Chan's films between 1976 and 1978. Chan = Lee. That was the plan. At first anyway. His first starring role in this period was 'New Fist of Fury'. It didn't work. Wei was trying too hard. When he sleeps the stars talent takes over. Anyway, Chan can't play straight. Or can he?

      Most of us will be cursed to see Dragon Fist in it's 4:3 pan and scan, poorly dubbed, damaged washed out version. Even taking this into account I think it's the best film Jackie did before 'Snake in the Eagles shadow.' (yes 'Snake and Crane arts of Shaolin' had the best action, but it wasn't as good a film.)

      This film is crying out for a remake.

      It takes the simple themes of revenge and distorts them till your not sure who's in the wrong. Or Right.

      Yam Sai-Kun plays the bad guy. One of his earliest roles. He's a hard, hard man. In the late 60's he swam from China to Hong Kong with the aid of a basketball. He later played roles in Films such as 'Fearless Hyena' and 'Iron Monkey'. But this role, like Iron Robe Yen in 'Once Upon a Time in China' is one of his most psychologically complex. He chops off his leg early on to try and ease his guilt. His self redemption seems, to this viewer, to excuse him of his crime. That makes things more uncomfortable when it's the very crime that Jackie's out to avenge. Jackie, in his role as avenger, blurs the line between good and evil. He joins the 'bad guys' (to comply with the black and white polarisation of these films). He goes too far. But he goes further. There's always a point when you think. 'Come on Jackie, realise that your fighting for the wrong side, beat the hell out of them.' But he still fights. It's a dark film.

      Budget constraints. Technological constraints. Lo Wei. Lot's of elements try and turn this film into the 70's schlock it's often compared to. But somehow it rises above all of this. The Choreography varies between the average and the mind blowing. Chan hasn't been better in a straight role until Crime Story (15 years later.) You can probably pick this up for a few pounds. If so it's a good place to start. Enjoy.
      8dworldeater

      Early Jackie Chan vehicle, great!

      Lo Wei, director of Bruce Lee classics The Big Boss and Fist Of Fury saw potential in Jackie Chan and cast him in several kung fu flicks, including this great film, Dragon Fist. With Bruce Lee gone way too soon and martial arts movies being more popular than ever film makers from east and west scrambled to replace him. Jackie Chan is in rare form as an invincible Bruce Lee type of bad ass. He is on a mission of revenge once his teacher was killed and disgraced by a leader of a rival school. Things get complicated when Chan, his master's widow and daughter arrive at the rival school. I'm not going to give away too much of the plot, but things don't end up all that peachy and all of the violence contains consequences. During this period the market was flooded with similar kung fu films, so Chan found success later with Drunken Master and other lighthearted kung fu comedies. He did a great job here though I think. Jackie was awesome as indestructible, kung fu iron man that becomes fury incarnate at the film's conclusion. Lo Wei also made a well paced, solid chop sockey film with a good story serviced with the right amount of kung fu action. Great kung fu!
      Nick_Vorobyov

      Great Action Movie!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Jackie has done another good old movie. This film has alot of action and the end is action packed too. This film is fun. This film is great for a person that doesn't know which Jackie Chan's old film to see. This film has the revenge your master's death plot. But otherwise the film is action packed with one or two funny parts. "Wei Lo" was the director again. He always makes Jackie films look good on tv. And Jackie kicks but at the end of the movie. Thats classic. So go rent or buy today.
      8Movie-Misfit

      Underrated Chan classic that deserves a viewing!

      I have to say I haven't been excited in recent years for the release of many films, but 88 Films have really got my excitement bubbling again (at time of writing, Jan 2019)! Restoring a host of Shaw Brothers classics to begin with, they have now released a number of Jackie Chan's classic Lo Wei films with 2k/4k clean-ups, original language options, and in glorious widescreen... And I couldn't be happier!

      While not loaded with extras, the disc is presented beautifully - from the artwork on the slipcase, to the film itself. Stunning in colour, and as crisp as could be for a Hong Kong film from the 70's. Keep in mind, film reels in Hong Kong weren't really looked after well until the mid 90's, proving to be too late for some. Thankfully, 88 Films include the original film trailer on the disc. I urge you to watch this first (on all their releases) before getting into the film as the difference will impress you even more.

      As for the film itself - I've still got the UK video tape release from the early 80's, and as like every other kung fu film from then it was presented in the square 4:3 ratio. This made us lose a lot visually of what we should have been seeing, often convincing reviewers and critics to slam Hong Kong film for poor cinematography - something 88 Films has helped prove, was not the case!

      Dragon Fist, as with many other Lo Wei releases, is actually beautifully shot. The widescreen presentation provides some wonderfully colourful, well shot scenes, and allows us to take in the full glory of Jackie's brilliantly choreographed fight scenes. While not perfect, fans can see where the skill of a young master Chan was going as a fight director and actor. His battles shift from one-on-one fights to group fights, highlighting the skills of each martial artist on-screen and entertaining with some very impressive moves. Eagle-eyed viewers will catch when Jackie artfully doubles others for more intricate moves and stunt work, though it never detracts from what's going on. Pearl Lin is equally as impressive as her co-stars, and almost steals the show each time she lets loose on-screen. Kung Fu movie legend Yen Shi Kwan (Fearless Hyena; Once Upon A Time In China) is as impressive as always, although rests for a lot of the film letting his henchmen James Tien and Eagle Han Ying fight for him.

      Originally shot in Mandarin and before Jackie's success with Snake In The Eagles Shadow & Drunken Master, this under-rated classic was redubbed in Cantonese and released a few years later with Chan now a massive star! 88 Films provides (both in mono and 5.1) all options for how you want to hear it, with Mandarin, Cantonese and the early 80's English dub.

      Overall: Heavy on the drama with rarely a laugh to be had, Dragon Fist is a fantastic piece of kung fu cinema with some fantastic fight scenes and performances from all that is just waiting to be rediscovered.
      6boblipton

      Good If Standard

      Jackie Chan's master is dead, so he travels with their survivors. But when they come to a new town, he finds himself -- and them -- caught in the middle of a feud between a clan and gangsters.

      This came out after SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW and DRUNKEN MASTER, so it looks like a reversion to a safe but standard formula. Actually it was filmed before, which makes me think they rushed the other movies out, or perhaps this was shelved until Chan's suddenly risen star made its release commercial. There may be a tendency to denigrate it because it isn't the comedic Chan, but that, I feel, would be an error. I think it can be enjoyed for what it is, another highly competent film by director Wei Lo.

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        Allegedly filmed in between Jackie Chan's two Seasonal Productions movies, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) and Drunken Master (1978), but not released until after the success of the latter Seasonal Production due to Lo Wei's financial constraints. This movie was filmed as a Mandarin-language movie, yet the focus on the dubbing switched to Cantonese, due to the success of the Cantonese-language Seasonal movies, and other studios (i.e. Golden Harvest) beginning to lean into Cantonese as well. This is why most releases feature Cantonese as the only Chinese dialect option, despite the fact that the harder-to-find Mandarin track syncs up with most of the actors (save for the South Korean cast members) far more accurately.
      • Alternate versions
        The Japanese theatrical cut is only about 89 minutes (compared to the uncut 96 minutes of the Hong Kong cut), but features a primarily unique music track. While it uses some of the same music cues as the Hong Kong cut, most of the music is produced especially for this edition, including two vocal tracks: "Dragon Fist" and "Do or Die". Aside from this, the opening fight montage with Hsiu Hsia has been replaced with footage of Jackie Chan's penultimate fight from the finale, while the opening credits play over set to the aforementioned "Dragon Fist" theme. As of now, this version is only available on a late 2014 Japanese blu-ray (the earlier Japanese blu-ray only features the alternate opening as an extra.)

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      • Release date
        • October 20, 1982 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • Hong Kong
        • Taiwan
      • Languages
        • Cantonese
        • Mandarin
        • English
      • Also known as
        • El puño del dragón
      • Filming locations
        • Korea
      • Production company
        • Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 37 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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