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Playing a Hong Kong movie star who heads to Paris to rescue his kidnapped father, a “well known American aerospace scientist”, Liu’s directorial debut is every bit as baffling as it sounds. After his breakthrough role in 1976’s Secret Rivals, just 3 years later he’d created his own martial art – called Zen Kwun Do – and decided to showcase it by directing, writing, producing, choreographing, and starring in Zen Kwun Do Strikes in Paris. One kung fu star who decided to start taking control of his career in a relatively short period of time was super kicker John Liu. It’s always interesting when kung fu stars decide to step into the director’s chair and helm their own starring vehicles, from the globe-trotting adventures of Bruce Le in the likes of Challenge of the Tiger and Bruce Strikes Back, to the self-proclaimed cool of Donnie Yen’s Legend of the Wolf and Ballistic Kiss. “Ninja in the Claws of the CIA” Theatrical PosterĬast: John Liu, Casanova Wong, Danny Lee, John Ladalski, Roger Paschy, Mirta Miller, Cheng Bik-Lin, Gam Biu, Raquel Evans, Jose Maria Blanco When Liu’s ambushed by a group of sombrero wearing gun slingers, after having his face pushed into a fire he’s blinded, and becomes a kind of kung fu Zatoichi – just replace the katana Continue reading → The year is 1886, and being in possession of a pair of gold dragons sees all kinds of unsavoury gringos after him, looking to get their hands on the valuable treasures, including an “assassin from the Chinese courts” played by the legendary Phillip Ko Fei (who clocked in 14 roles in 1982, including classics like Legend of a Fighter and Brothers from the Walled City). The plot is somewhat bewildering, but essentially it involves Liu as a Chinese immigrant in Mexico (and depending on which source you read, it was either filmed on location or in Tenerife, Spain). Liu would return to screens one last time in 1998 after a 16-year absence to take on a supporting role in Robert Tai’s Trinity Goes East, but other than that his life is largely shrouded in mystery.Īs a swansong though to his brief career as a kung fu thespian, having broke out just 6 years earlier in Secret Rivals, Dragon Blood is a worthy one. It wasn’t necessarily meant to be that way, with Liu looking to take on star and director roles again for 1984’s New York Ninja, a project that completed filming but never got any further (until of course the Vinegar Syndrome release in 2021, which was constructed without Liu’s involvement). Cast: John Liu, Phillip Ko Fei, Roger Paschy, Cyrielle Claire, Guy Ignace, Godfrey Ho, Lucien Michaudĭragon Blood can be considered to be superkicker John Liu’s last hurrah, both in front of the camera and behind it, pulling star and director duties for a third time after Zen Kwun Do Strikes in Paris and Ninja In the Claws of the CIA.
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