Black Jim le magnifique

Who cares about the dubbing or the editing or the mambo jumbo. If you've seen enough b-kung fu movies like me you'll appreciate this one. It's loaded with fights and weapon fights. They may not be up to par with jackie chan's drunken master 2 but they are a little more complex then fist of fury. Seriously if you see the part where billy does the hurricana on the one guy in the cabin then you'll understand what im talking about. This movie makes everyone who can't fight seam like they can fight. Heck even Carl Scott is damn good! I've seen seen almost every Van Damme movie, every Jackie Chan movie, most of Sammo Hung's movies, etc.. and this thing is action packed! I found it at walmart in a double pack with another Billy chong movie which isn't as fun as this one. Anyhow don't listen to the other review and go find this masterpiece! One of the best b movies out there!

Many martial arts films have always been Asian. Now there are other racial groups that have embraced the arts.

A black family has been murdered. The surviving victim has been trained in Kung fu. The friend is Chinese. They make a great team. His friends are assaulted. One is murdered. Both victims take their revenge on those who have done them wrong.

This movie has opened the door to non-Asians doing martial arts. And two Asian groups doing different martial arts. Hardly see any stereotype in the films. A few racial epithets. But other than that, it was enjoyable. I remember Jim Kelly and Steve James put their prowess on the line, this martial artist show his moxie in this film.

5 stars.

In 1978 Jackie Chan made "Drunken Master". A month earlier, Billy Chong made the same movie only he called it "Jade Claw" or "Crystal Fist". In both movies a kung fu wannabe works in the kitchen of a kung fu school and meets his master there. The storyline similarities go on and on but let me just make one remarkable point. The master in both movies was Simon Yuen. Soon after both actors tried to break into the American market. Again Billy Chong beat Jackie Chan to the release. This time he also beat Jackie Chan by making a western and a black/Chinese buddy movie. To truly appreciate "Sun Dragon" I compare it to "Battle Creek Brawl". Still, I can't understand where that horrible dubbing came from. I can't believe a movie could play in theatres with those idiotic voiceovers. Anyway, putting the sound aside, "Sun Dragon" certainly wins for action and for hitting all the pluses that USA audiences would go for, like making it a western too. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of skill from the "Hollywood" stuntmen. The stuntmen in Jackie Chan's movie dragged the film into the ground. Carl Scott fought like Sammo Hung spray painted black and I mean that only as a compliment. Nevertheless both movies flopped and the motion picture industry worldwide pulled the plug on kung fu movies after 1982 and that was the end of Billy Chong. It was not the end of Jackie Chan because he made action comedies with great stunts that had a lot of fighting too (but not kung fu movies). That's another review though.

Though the dubbing is perhaps the worst thing that I've ever heard, Its pros far outweigh the cons. Campy, hilarious, charming in its own right and full of surprisingly fantastic fight choreography. Definitely worth a watch if you like Kung-Fu B movies

First of all the dynamic duo of Carl Scott & Billy Chong is second to none, this is a collector's must have the pacing is great & the fight choreography is great!!!!