Summaries

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money.

In this movie, Bruce Lee is a very famous martial-arts master who stars in many films. After an unsuccessful murder attempt against him, everyone thinks his is dead, but he's just hiding, preparing his revenge...—Chris Makrozahopoulos <[email protected]>

A gang is extorting money from celebrities - actors, musicians etc - threatening to injure them, or worse, if they don't pay them protection money. Billy Lo, actor and martial arts expert, refuses to cooperate so first they assault him then they kill him. But is he really dead?—grantss

Bruce Lee plays Billy Lo, a HongKong based movie actor, who is a box office draw. His girlfriend, Ann Morris is a singer who is also climbing to the top. Now it seems the syndicate wants Billy and Ann to join their "management firm". But Billy knows that they will be treated like property, so he refuses and tells her to do the same. So they try to "encourage" him to join but he still refuses. He would be advised that they will not stop, so he must stop them, permanently. He is even more hesitant to do that but when an attempt on his life is made, he fakes his death and alters his appearance, and decides to go after the syndicate; taking them out one at a time.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • kung fu
  • actress
  • tall man
  • anger
  • screaming
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Mar 22, 1978
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States Hong Kong
Language English Mandarin Cantonese
Filming locations Hong Kong, China
Production companies Columbia Pictures Golden Harvest Company Concord Productions

Box office

Budget $850000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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