CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Leofwine_draca SOUL BROTHERS OF KUNG FU is a decent little contemporary kung fu flick with a good cast and plentiful action to recommend it. The story is about a bunch of down-on-their-luck guys (two are illegal immigrants; the third is a young black kid constantly subjected to racist abuse) who team up to become friends and help each other out until they have a run-in with a local Triad group and all hell breaks loose.This story might seem to be nothing special at the outset but it's actually a strong little entry in the genre, let down only by the usual gamut of poor dubbing and poorer picture quality. However, it's well worth a look for kung fu fans. The action hits fast and furious and there's always something interesting going on up on the screen. Even better, there's some real characterisation here, something usually missing from the genre.The hero of the piece is Bruce Li, a man who always impresses outside of the mindless Bruceploitation films he invariably appeared in. He's given excellent support by the scene-stealing Lo Meng, right on the cusp of stardom as one of the Shaw Brothers Venoms; one of my favourite genre performers, he's typically excellent here. Carl Scott is the third ally and thoroughly likable in his part, his presence probably inspired by Jim Kelly in ENTER THE DRAGON (he has a similar role). Villainous duties go to another Shaw actor, Ku Feng, who is also very good; actors like Lee Hoi San play the bad guys too. Watch carefully and you'll see cameoing actors like Mars and Yuen Biao playing stuntmen and bit parts.

ckormos1 This starts with the look and feel of "A Better Tomorrow" and delivers the same heroic bloodshed. If you are familiar with these types of Hong Kong movies you know the characters will all die at the end or at most only one will survive. I'm surprised to learn about the alternate cuts/endings and now I have to find those versions also. Yes, Carl Scott was the token and under-used so every minute more of screen time for him would improve the final cut. The fights are fabulous in every respect particularly in Bruce Li's execution and power. The pacing of the story is perfect and the fights each seem unique. I rate it a well above average eight out of ten.

tomzill33 I was really disappointed when the so called new *uncut* release arrived yesterday, There was a jump cut to the third killer where you don't even see him being killed.. And the end fight was still cut. what the DVD company did was to add the full screen uncut sequence following the last fight. The print seemed to be slightly cropped and taken from a video source. I was looking forward to seeing this film in its original glory but loving martial art movies cuts to the the fight scenes are expected..... seen the movie once and will hope a proper release will pop up before i watch the film again.. This is my first ever review and i hope i did okay.

Elijah_Chandler The first thing I have to say about 'Soul Brothers of Kung Fu' is that the title is horribly misleading. I sat down with movie expecting Blaxsploitation meets the Orient. What I got was two guys from Hong Kong with a hard on for the REAL Bruce Lee, and a token Negro that tags along and talks jive and dances the jigs. Pathetic. Other than that it wasn't a bad Kung Fu flick really. There was some decent fighting going on and it didn't suffer from intensive wire work like films of that era began to use so frequently (not that wire work is bad, but c'mon you crazy Asians, how about a story or plot to go with that balanced Chi?). At the end I was left with two questions, what the Hell was the opening shot all about, and where can I get a copy of 'Black Spring Break: THE MOVIE' that was previewed at the beginning of the film. Also, which ending was the alternate special one? The one where he kills his best friend with his index finger, or the one where he kills Betty from Kung Pow with his index finger? And why hang the little black kid? Sure, beat the crap out of him or even kill him, but hanging? Bad form Chinese guys. Bad form.