Please don't spend money on this.

An absolute waste of money

A Disappointing Continuation

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

I,I I, I I, watched a movie, you can get it from any pound shop. Yes, you can get it from any pound shop.Oh, I, I I, I I, bored of story, It was written by Godfrey Ho, oh, It was written by Godfrey Ho, I told you so, becauseAll I ever want is Kung Fu, And anything that Kung Fu can offer you, because:I, I I, I I, was pured bored man. There was too much drama and acting yar, oh, there was too much drama and acting, yar,I, I I, I I, was astonished. The last fight was filmed in slow motion, yeah, the last fight was filmed in slow motion, I told you so because All I ever want is Kung Fu, And anything that Kung Fu can offer you, (crappy storyline solo)

I thought ASSAULT OF THE FINAL RIVAL came up well below par as a kung fu film and is notable only for featuring a storyline borrowed from the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah. The hero, as played by Don Wong, is a man who uses his lengthy locks to battle his opponents, that is until a sneaky bad guy compels Wong's girlfriend to give him a haircut in his sleep.What follows is a near hour of non-action and instead plenty of melodrama. The tears flow freely, a pregnancy and birth follow, and Wong barely appears on the screen. It tests the patience quite considerably and martial arts fans will undoubtedly be twiddling their thumbs and waiting for something - anything - to happen.There are a few elements of interest including a fighter with one of those massive straw hats like in the Lone Wolf & Cub films but for the most part this is a real bore. Wong seems to have been doubled for some of his fights which is a further disappointment, but the battles are so poorly conceived that it doesn't really matter. ASSAULT OF THE FINAL RIVAL is a boring film from beginning to end.

I selected this movie to watch on the strength of Don Wong as the star and I also recognize Lung Fei as a substantial martial arts star of the golden age from 1967-1984. The copy I obtained was a digital file in almost widescreen format but it still had the edges cropped yet was wider than the usual Ocean Shores VHS copies The picture was above VHS quality and watchable on a modern high definition television without causing eyestrain or motion sickness. It was English dubbed and I did not recognize any of the voice actors. This was probably because they sounded like Saturday morning cartoons were their usual line of work. The opening scene was the overdone "Who are these two guys, why are they fighting, and why should I care?" The dialog did little to clarify which guy I should be cheering for, but – Don Wong you know? Despite the poor opening fight I continued to watch. After hearing the line "His hair can create great hurricanes" I kept watching only because the remote control was out of reach and my beer was full. The characters continued to explain Don Wong's character's entire life story and all their plans so I did not need to watch just listen to the exposition. This gave my eyes a rest. The girl cuts off a hank of Don's hair and he really did need a trim. Despite looking a lot better the haircut drained all his power yet having hair myself I know it grows back so just take a rest already and problem will be solved. Don immediately gets into a fight and defeats all the opponents with punches and kicks, no hurricane needed. Next he fights the Killer Twins and is forced to flee but one of the twins had white eyebrows and everyone knows the white eyebrows villain is only defeated in the final fight. Don is rescued by a girl. There is more dialog explaining his back story and that his hair takes seven years to grow back. After giving birth alone the girlfriend wants to be a nun but Don's hypercritical "friend" tortures her (and the viewer) with a long lecture. Overall I felt the dialog ruined this movie for me. It was total cornball unbelievable overly dramatic. I suspect this could be simply because it was dubbed and not subtitled. Years from now when I totally forget about the movie I will try to watch it again in a subtitled version to test that hypothesis. I can't rate it any higher than below average now.

Wow, really? OK... Normally I wouldn't even think about posting a review after reading Brian Camp's review on this movie. Brian's review is a must read if your looking for detail and wanting to know exactly what its about. There's really not much anybody could add to it. I just wish he would give a rating score on his reviews to help the overall rating and help us understand where he would rate them.That being said... I cant believe that this movie has been rated by 30 people and holds a rating of 4.9 out of 10. The arithmetic score is 4.9 but if you look at the median score its 5.5 which is more like it. I mean like really? 4 users scored it a 1 and 7 users scored it a 2? I hope this didn't stop anybody from watching it. If anybody would like to see some 1 or 2 rated 70's Kung Fu movies just ask, i'll send a list and you can compare them with this movie to understand where I'm coming from.I understand that there could have been more fights especially in the middle where we focus more on story, and if it did it would be a solid 7. Even so, this is a decent story with a decent cast and also sports some great fighting. For those of you that are looking for that movie where the star uses his hair as a weapon, well this is it.A rating of 1 or 2 most definitely not. Its a good movie, read the review from Brian Camp. I have to give it a solid 6.