Yi dan er li san gong fu

The movie opens with Gordon Liu getting on a train. He looks at sketches of men. He goes to an inn and asks about escort services. Cut to prisoners working on the railroad. An imposter sneaks in, replaces a victim in an execution, a metal plate protects him. He does this for pay from the family. Gordon wants to meet this con man.

Lau Brother Co. (L&B) and made 1978 Dirty Kung Fu, 1979 Fists and Guts, 1980 Carry On Wise Guy and 1980 The Fool Escape. I have never been able to find a copy of "The Fool Escape" and suspect it was never finished or never released. The important thing here is that we are talking about the Grandmaster of All Martial Arts Movies, Lau Kar-Leung (aka Liu Chia-Liang) and his look-alike except for the mole over the right eye brother Lau Kar-Wing. There are some excellent moments of fight choreography to be found in this movie. Otherwise, the story line is vague and the scenes just incidents strung together. More fights would have improved it. Also deleting the "leprosy kung fu" fight would be better.

My copy is a digital file made from the old Ocean Shores 1984 VHS tape. It has the expected screen size, resolution, and English dubbing. Overall, I rate it only average and suitable only for hard core fans of the genre.