Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue

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Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue
雙輩
Directed byWu Chia Chun
Choe Dong Joon
Starring Tong Lung
Lee Siu-Ming
Eagle Han-ying
Distributed byLucky Star Film. Co
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
90 minutes
LanguageMandarin

Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue also known as Fist of Death is 1982 Taiwanese Bruceploitation martial arts movie, starring Kim Tai Chung and Lee Siu Ming. [1]

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Plot

The YMCA and Ching Wu school is under attack from the secret gang, which ultimately puts both school into the rivalry. In order to solve the case of the cause of this whole disaster and Ching Wu school's master's death, Bruce (Tong Lung) and Jackie (Lee Siu Ming) must solve for the case once and for all who's all behind this massacre.

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Reception

The movie received general negative critiques towards from the audiences. Imdb gave the score out of 4.5/10. "You’d think a film featuring a Bruce Lee clone AND a Jackie Chan clone (not to mention maverick exploitation producer Dick Randall’s name on the credits) would be a lot of fun, but well, no, it’s not." [2]

Home Media

The film was first introduced to the home DVD media around 2004. The remastered edition was discovered from Baidu.com with full Mandarin dubbed version.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  2. "Jackie and Bruce to the Rescue aka Fist of Death (1982) Review". City on Fire. Retrieved 2020-07-10.