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A mad journey into the mind of the depraved!

A mad journey into the mind of the depraved!
Recommended for devolved primates only!
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts

Saturday, June 6, 2020

RING OF FURY (1973)



You would think a movie about a heroic figure standing up to an evil gang of no-goodniks would be an uplifting tale that would make people feel proud of themselves or at least offer a little escapism. I guess neither of these ideas were good enough arguments though since this film was banned in Singapore all the way up until this year when the sole surviving print(kept in a fridge by star Peter Chong) was cleaned up and released. Apparently they didn't want anyone to think gangsters existed in their beautiful land.
 It's a pretty standard story, obviously inspired by Bruce Lee's popularity at the time, of a noodle-shop proprietor hassled by gangsters until he can't take it anymore and it's revenge city(or I guess revenge country in this case since everything takes place in a  very scenic countryside. You get our star taking on a bunch of gangsters, a bulldozer, a guy with a big iron mask and even scalping a guy with his bare hands. Nothing all that spectacular without the backstory but still decent stuff for martial-arts marks and probably the only movie I've ever seen from Singapore.