Dragon Lee vs. The 5 Brothers: Dragon Lee, one of the many crappy Bruce Lee impersonators stars in this uninspired chop socky film about some rebels who want to overthrow the Ching dynasty. There's a girl who does kung fu, secret rebels and a villain with a metal hand.

The Kung fu is very nicely choreographed and at times it looks like a well thought out dance scene. Still, with all that, there's a lot of film to sit through for some fancy kung fu scenes. I found myself nodding off at times and I do believe that will be the reaction most people would have.

On the technical side, the DVD, released by Passion Productions, is in wide screen with a fairly decent print. There are the usual scratches but it is watchable. Where it suffers is in the audio. The right channel is completely silent and thus it is somewhat like watching the film at the drive in with the little speaker put on your car window. It's too bad to ruin an otherwise fine print.

I don't know if a better version is available but for a buck, pick it up.

Labels: Hong Kong, Kung Fu