Shen long meng hu sha da zei

It starts when a big shot arrives and another guy tries to kill him but fails. Cut to our guy getting hung. He refuses a deal. Then it turns out he wasn't really executed. They want him to kill the big shot. He says doing so would only make it worse for the townspeople. He heads home. The big shot gives orders through another guy who has a grudge against everyone in the town.

It's all political and heavy on the drama but plenty of fights. Make sure you know which movie you are watching. There is also a 1974 "Dragon and Tiger".

My copy is from a French VHS release. "La Panther Jaune" or "The Yellow Panther" is the screen title. The credits and such are in French. The dialog is also in French but there are English subtitles. I suspect the subtitles were added by a fan. Thank you, anonymous fan! The picture size and resolution are typical of VHS quality but sometimes the picture is wavy at times and the subtitles are lost.

The plot is "hero won't fight" and in this case unless something is lost in the translation it seems he won't fight because he is too dumb to see that the bad guy is really a bad guy. There is also a character using "iron head" technique. This could be the first I've seen it in a movie. The great Gordon Liu was known for using this technique in some of his Shaw Brothers movies.

The fights are long and they don't get repetitive so based mostly on that I give it a 6 out of 10. I also recommend it for hard core fans of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984.