Street Soldiers

A kung fu WEST SIDE STORY wannabe. The Tigers and JPs are two of the whitest gangs you've ever seen and they rumble hard because JP leader Priest (Jeff Rector) and Tiger associate Troy (David Homb) both have the hots for Julie (Katherine Armstrong). Troy's buddy Chuck (Joon B. Kim) gets his uncle Master Han (Jun Chong) to teach the gang some martial arts in a one minute montage. When Julie is kidnapped and Chuck killed, it is time for one more montage before the final siege. This is rough, rough stuff. I'm kicking myself now as I look up the filmmakers because director Lee Harry's only other credit is SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT part 2. It must be his style because he gets some "Garbage Day" theatrics out of the stunningly awful Rector. Chong produces once again but doesn't have student Phillip Rhee around this time to do the action so the film suffers greatly. Even excellent Korean martial artist Hwang Jang Lee (billed as Jason Hwang) is completely wasted as he walks around with a rubber snake around his neck that they want the audience to think is real. Best opening credit is "And Jay Richardson as Wheelchair Willie."