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About a year ago this set came out. And I wanted it but wasn't gonna drop 120 bucks on it. Skip ahead to late May this year. Had a few extra bucks and ordered the documentary that comes in this set. Took me 3 days to get it watched. Mostly cause the day it came in our power went out and was about almost 10 hours. But once I got it watched I knew I wanted this set.
Being born in the middle of the 70s I grew up with Kung Fu Theater every Saturday. After cartoons and Pro Wrestling on the UHF channel. Each week I saw a different Kung Fu movie. And I was a huge fan. Got in trouble at the annual family reunion on Fathers Day weekend. All cause my cousin pissed me off so I was chasing him around the park karate chopping him in his back.
Now back when I was a kid I would be mad when I saw a Bruceploitation film on Kung Fu Theater. And what is Bruceploitation? After Bruce Lee became a huge star other studios started making ripoffs of his films. Casting actors that looked a bit like Bruce. And once Bruce died the amount of these films multiplied.
This set is 7 discs. With 6 of them holding 2 films each. One disc is the documentary I mentioned,which means I now have two copies of it.
How are the films? Well Severin found the best prints they could. With them looking so much better than they ever did on Kung Fu Theater or the many VHS or DVD copies I have seen over the years.
There is extras on each disc. Sometimes you get a commentary,sometimes you get more than one on the film.
Out of all the films the stand out is The Dragon Lives Again. Where Bruce Lee goes to Hell and teams up with Popeye to fight Dracula. Go look the movie up on Youtube there is a few copies up. Total insanity but it works.
Yea the films are cheap and cheesy. Stil I had fun watching each of them. The extras help add some info and context to the movies. And the included book in the boxed set is well made.
The Game of Clones Bruceploitation VOL 1 gets a B+.
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