Starring: Dragon Lee, Hwang Jang Lee, Gene Chan. Directed by: Godfrey Ho
This is one of the best movies to be directed by Godfrey Ho before he started his infamous "Ninja" series during the 1980s, and one of Dragon Lee's best movies as well.
In "Champ Against Champ," Dragon Lee plays Lee Wong, a young kung-fu master who has gone back to his home village with his master Wai after being away for a long time to marry a local girl. Not long after they get there, Lee runs afoul of the local strongman Kai when his new father-in-law is captured and tortured over a very old dispute. Lee sets off to take on Kai and ends up losing a leg, which causes him considerable torment, especially since he is now a married man and understandably has a lot of worries on his mind.
Thanks to his wife he gets a new leg of steel and learns the "Steel Leg" technique mastered by her uncle many years ago. He sets off to settle the score with Kai, and pure kung-fu action follows!
While containing some hilarious dubbing and scenes (some intentional, others not), this movie is a true kung-fu classic.
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