Release Year: 1979

‘A Massacre Survivor’ features an always watchable Shih Szu as the heroine. Unfortunately, she’s one of the few characters to get much polish.

The few moments of promise at the beginning do not last long and the occasional flashes of action are merely there to trick us into sitting through the whole thing.

Yuen Woo-Ping and his brothers fill the film with stunning ‘drunken’ conflicts and duels.

Thankfully, you’re never too far away from a spot of fisticuffs, which is a very good thing because you’re not likely to gain much enjoyment from any other part of this film.

This splendid period kung-fu film once again gives evidence of the immense quality that rolled out of the Shaw Brothers studios during the 70’s.

Jackie Chan is given one of his more serious roles and succeeds in giving a fine performance both in the acting and the fighting departments.

‘Dragon’s Claws’ shows the good and bad of independent kung-fu film-maker Joesph Kuo.

With excellent action, a few chuckles and Jackie’s charm the film is an enjoyable watch.

The description for ‘Fighting Ace’ doesn’t exactly make it jump off the page, but it proves to be a better than average effort.

The generally undemanding nature of the film make this a definite thumbs up for genre-lovers.

It entertains throughout its duration and despite the usual kung-fu comedy conventions turning up it is a breath of fresh air.

‘Incredible Kung Fu Mission’ is peppered with a decent mix of humour, sentimentality and superior fight action, creating a solid independent feature.