Hand Of Death Details

Quality HK Kung Fu

This is a film for purist Kung Fu fans. There is no slapstick and pre-dates fantasy wirework films like Crouching Tiger. Jackie Chan in a supporting role is a rare treat, with brilliant action directing by Sammo Hung. It is interesting to see John Woo directing pre Better Tomorrow etc.

I like this film because it throws fighters of many different styles together, and there is a good mix of swordplay and bare fist action. The print has been beautifully restored and the DVD has a choice of English dub or Mandarin (still dubbed) with sub-titles. I owned this on a fuzzy VHS many years ago and it is great to see it in rich colour.

If you like Kung Fu, I think you will like this film.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Watchable but nothing amazing

Starring Tan Tao-liang (not as advertised with Sammo, Jackie & Yuen Biao or supporting cast only, with some main action scenes with Chan) this is a fairly average revenge tale with regular James Tien as the villain. Decent fights with various weapons and hand to hand, this is watchable but nothing exceptional. John Woo (credited as Wu Yu-Sen) directs and makes an appearance, but theres nothing to make this resemble his more well know heroic bloodshed films.