The Old Master
The Old Master, apparently, is so old that virtually all his fight scenes are filmed from the back, with "the master" wearing a variety of stupid hats. Of course, none of those scenes are actually him, but a stunt man (actually Yuen Biao, as it turns out).The movie is passably entertaining, if rather boring in places. Its main saving grace is Bill Louie, whose very decent fight scenes keep the movie from being a yawn-fest. All the excitement, as is typical with several Kuo movies, is to be found in the last 20 minutes, but ultimately it disappoints. One would have thought that they were also going to fight the old master from the rivaling gym, but no.All in all, the martial arts conflicts in this movie lack any and all narrative motivation (except perhaps for the first part, with the betting), which is a shame.The English dubbing isn't great, either – for one thing, Bill Louie makes all these Bruce Lee sounds, but they don't fit his lip movements… Oh well – we should be used to this kind of thing by now.5 out of 10.
Director: Joseph Kuo
Actors: Bill Louie, Chui Chung-Hok, Darrell Mapson, Jim-Yuen Yu, Ng Siu-Nam, Starr Hester
Country: Hong Kong
