I tend to like movies with voice-over narration and this one starts right out with a voice from nowhere telling us about the plight of some poor people in a shitty apartment building so that's pretty cool. This is a super low-budget, New York-shot, kung-fu flick about some greedy landlords trying to force tenants out of a craphole building. You would think by the title this would be some sorta DEATH WISH rip-off and I guess that sorta applies here since it's about a man's quest for revenge after his dad is killed but it plays out more as a straight-forward martial arts extravaganza. Complete with horrendous acting, drug-dealing pimps, dummies getting thrown off rooftops and chopsocky thrills this one is good for a few laughs and would most likely be even better with some alcohol to wash it all down. The two big highlights for me were the ridiculous theme song by some band named Opus and an equally ridiculous murder scene where a guy has a bag full of rats shoved over his head. In addition to this you get some boobs, a giant 70's car-phone, an old kung fu master, stupid plot holes, a box full of rats(rats are like the ultimate weapon of choice in this) and the boom mike makes a few guest appearances. This film proves to me that sometimes there's good stuff down at the bottom of the celluloid barrel. AKA's= ENTER THE WHITE DRAGON(I coulda sworn our hero here is a Latino fellow?), SLUMFIGHTER & PAY-OFF TIME
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