When an evil land baron's son murders an innocent family, a Marshall is called in to escort him to be executed in the court of law far to the north. With the aid of an army of soldiers, the Marshall must fight off the Land Baron's assassins, who want to try and free his murderous son at every given chance.
About 99% of the martial arts movies with the words "Bruce", "Shaolin", and "Dragon" in the title have nothing to do with those things and this one is perhaps the most blatant example with the alternate title "Bruce is Loose". There is no Bruce Lee in this movie. However it is a kick ass Kung-Fu flick and it's a shame there is no widescreen DVD currently on the market. All you can find is a shitty Pan and Scan VHS copy of the film.
Produced by (Polly) Shaun Kuan, who also co-stars. ; Directed by legendary Shaw Bros. veteran King Hu. It also has Lo Leih from "Five Fingers Of a Death" in a limited role but he kicks ass when he's on screen. Yueh Hwa does a fine job as well as the determined hero.
There is an indirectly presented political message in the film - a stable society must be grounded in law, not the whim of the rich and powerful - which remains true today. It's really tough to give a complete review since the print of the film I saw was so poor. However the film moves along at a nice pace, has a good story and what I think are some great fights from what I could see.
Not a bad film to kill some time if you were a fan of Kung Fu Theater back in the 80's.
