A spoilt rich kid turns up at a fu school to show off, but he gets clobbered by the boastful Little Tiger, who is later framed for the kid's murder when a gang of blackmailers make an example of him. The police allow Tiger to escape, in order to find the real culprits. Tiger hides at his girlfriend's place, but a model she works with does some whoring on the side for the blackmailer, and so the crooks are onto his trail...
Stunts
Pre-wire fu era—every hit lands with painful weight.
Direction
Wu Ma keeps 88 minutes tight and relentless.
Director
Wu Ma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wu Ma directed over 50 films and acted in 300+; this early work shows his knack for propulsive plotting.
The 'escaped convict proves innocence' trope here reflects 1970s Hong Kong anxieties about institutional corruption.
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