In another great example of how the 70s didn't really end until a few years into the 80s we have this martial arts extravaganza from South Africa starring South African martial artist James Ryan. It is technically the sequel to 1976's KILL OR BE KILLED so that kinda explains the 70s feel. What's harder to explain, at least to your sensitive PC friends, is a burly black man(Ken Gampu) named Gorilla but it was a different world back then and South Africa at the time was certainly different. The film itself moves at a nice pace and has the feel of a Bruce Lee American production but with a way less charismatic star.
On a side not I recall my parents taking me to see a movie called FORCE FIVE, which came out the same year as this and featured a very similar plot, including 5 kung fu-ing maniacs sent in to rescue someone. Must have been something in the air. That one was actually directed by the guy who directed Bruce Lee in his big films, Robert Clouse. The black guy in this one is not named Gorilla but Lockjaw and my foggy childhood memory recalled pro wrestling terror Abdullah The Butcher playing that role(It was in fact Sonny Barnes). I remember this movie being amazing at the time but I was only 10 so maybe I should give it a re-evaluation sometime.
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