"...nothing will prepare you for the final 20 minutes of this film."
- Jesse
The Screaming Tiger (1973)
AKA: The Screaming Tiger; Wang Yu: King Of Boxers; Ten Fingers Of Steel; 10 Fingers Of Steel
Director: Kim Lung
Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Cheung Ching Ching, Lung Fei, Liu Ping, Chi Laan, Shan Mao, Sit Hon, Got Siu Bo, Ma Kei, Cheng Fu Hung, Hong Hoi, Wong Fei Lung, Lui Ming, Ng Tung Kiu, Law Bun, Wang Tai Lang, Goo Gwan, Chui Lap, Gam Lin.
Running Time: 75 min.
Plot: When the Japanese massacre the people of his fishing village, the Chinese hero of this Kung Fu epic (Jimmy Wang Yu) heads to Japan seeking vengeance!
Availability: This title is available at HKflix.com
Reviews
JESSE'S REVIEW: Some have said it is The Godfather. Others, Citizen Kane. But I will tell you right now folks, the greatest movie of all time is none other than The Screaming Tiger. Jimmy Wang Yu has his entire family wiped out and swears to kill every Japanese person on the planet. Now wait, that sounds kinda crazy don't it? Exactly. Just like this mind-boggling insane in the membrane classic kung fu flick.
Jimmy Wang Yu is fast and furious at fighting, and the action scenes are nonstop in this movie. Bonus points go towards the director, performing a Tarantino and ripping off "The Man With The Harmonica" in one scene as Yu talks to a mysterious stranger with a wastebasket on his head and "Jill's Theme" as a woman close to Yu dies (both songs from Once Upon a Time in The West).
But all that aside, nothing will prepare you for the final 20 minutes of this film. As Yu and the evil villain who killed his family start going at it, they randomly find a train to stage their impressive and lengthy battle. But that's just the beginning. After the main boss throws Yu off the train tracks into a huge body of water, they both fight to the death under a waterfall for what seems like years. Etsuko Shihomi may be my new idol, but Jimmy Wang Yu is my new God.
I will make a shrine for him and pray to the ghost of Master Yu once a day with lighted candles flickering. See this movie or I will be forced to kick your ass in front of a waterfall while I wear a trash can on my head and play a flute.
JESSE'S RATING: 9/10 due to a slow first half.......aww fuck it, just give it a 10/10
