Bruce Lee became a screen
legend with the likes of Fists of Fury, The Chinese Connection
and Enter
the Dragon (which was actually released domestically after his
death). The martial arts craze that he
created was at full frenzy with Enter the Dragon and the market
demanded more, even if their master was gone.
No problem, theatres were
suddenly filled with films featuring Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter, Champion
of Death, etc.), Jimmy Wang Yu (Master of the Flying Guillotine, Return
of the Chinese Boxer) and Burmese actor Huang Jian Long, who changed
his named to Bruce Le and found fame with such films as The Dragon Dies Hard, Fists
of Fury 2 and Bruce’s Deadly Fingers.
For certain urban theatre
venues these films — and more — packed them in during the 1970s. They were hits … they became legends.
To this point, VCI
Entertainment announced this past week that a new 2K scan (from the original
35mm negative) of director Joseph Kong’s (aka: Joseph Velasco) 1976 chop-socky
gem, Bruce’s
Deadly Fingers, starring Bruce Le (with Nora Miao — The
Way of the Dragon, New Fists of Fury), will be available on Mar. 27 as
a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack.
Bonus goodies include
commentary by actor/director Michael Worth (author of the forthcoming book
titled “The Bruceploitation Bible: The Film Clones of Bruce Lee”) and a
collection of martial arts films from the period.
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