This movie is listed as “Invincible Hero” on the Kung Fu Theatre Collection DVD set but the actual name is “The Mean Streets of Kung Fu.” It’s a solid movie with a good plot with some overly used conventions in the genre. A new gang movies into town and sets up the established Kung Fu school and it’s prized student with a couple of murders and a somewhat traditional revenge story follows. The story moves along nicely with organically set-up fight scenes with good (not great) choreography.
The acting is decent for the genre and the fight scenes are usually lengthy–sometimes overly so given the lack of innovative choreography. Bruce Lee wannabe Barry Chan stars and his pretty good kicking action but nothing remarkable. The strength of the movie is that it never slows down and maintains a nice pace to accompany the numerous fight scenes. Bottom line: solid movie for kung fu addicts only.
Grade: C
