Review of The Man from Hong Kong

I have wanted to see this movie for several decades, but at least in North America, it never received a video release for some reason. Fortunately, there is a thing called YouTube, and with it I finally got to watch this Ozpoitation exercise. Overall, I thought that it was worth the wait to see. It's well produced, with nice looking Hong Kong and Australian locations. When it comes to action, the movie delivers the goods, from car chases to (of course) kung fu battles. The martial arts battle in the Chinese restaurant is a knockout! However, I don't think it quite reaches a level that would make it an action classic. The biggest problem with the movie is that it goes on too long. It's clear many times that things are going much slower than they should, and that reveals the plot being somewhat thin. Also, the climatic bout between George Lazenby and Jimmy Wang Yu is somewhat of a disappointment because it's much shorter than you would think (Though Lazenby in this sequence shows some jaw-dropping stuntwork.) But if you can look beyond those flaws, you'll be more than satisfied with the rest of the package.