Summaries

In San Francisco's Chinatown, a band of thugs kidnaps a girl for a large Chinese gang. Her half-brother gathers a team of expert fighters to get her back.

In San Francisco's Chinatown, Eric runs a martial arts school. His skills come in handy when a band of thugs kidnaps his half-sister for a large Chinese gang. The head thug took the job because he has a score to settle with the girl's father. The Chinese gang wants ransom money from the girl's mother, who, despite living modestly, has enough to pay it. Eric gathers a team of expert fighters from his school and goes off to get the girl back. But emotions run high when the team is joined by the father who had left his family years ago. Later, they'll be joined by a kidnapper with a conscience. In the hills, the girl escapes and gets recaptured several times. The hills are teeming not only with the members of the Chinese gang, but with female assassins and cruel bikers, too.—J. Spurlin

Details

Keywords
  • girl
  • chinatown
  • cult
  • band
  • man punches a woman
Genres
  • Action
  • Drama
Release date Jul 23, 1981
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Production companies Cinamerica

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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