Billy Lo, is a box office draw. His girlfriend, Ann Morris is a singer who is also climbing to the top. Now it seems the syndicate wants Billy and Ann to join their "management firm".
Billy knows that they will be treated like property, so he refuses and tells her to do the same.
They try to "encourage" him to join but he still refuses. But they persist, in more and more violent ways, so he must stop them, permanently.
He is even more hesitant to do that but when an attempt on his life is made, he fakes his death and alters his appearance, and decides to go after the syndicate; taking them out one at a time......
Its a controversial film for sure, and you can either be in two camps, the one who feel that its a tribute to the legend, or the other whom feel that its a blatant cash in on the man.
It is a cash in on the man more than a tribute, but the way he is stood in for, is the main reason to watch the film leading up to the genuine footage of Lee. When a cut out of an actors face is stuck on to mirror to depict him being there, its a film with a lot of gusto.
Add footage from other Lee movies, his funeral of all things, and a stand in who wears sunglasses and sits in the dark all the time, you have the making of a cult classic.
But the narrative is all over the place, and the story is a bit rubbish. All the film really has going for it is the wonderful score, the outfit that inspired Kill Bill, and the brilliant last fifteen minutes.
Watch this the once, just for the ridiculousness of it all, and then get the DVD, and watch the 40 minute footage that was originally filmed.
Its brilliant stuff....
Billy knows that they will be treated like property, so he refuses and tells her to do the same.
They try to "encourage" him to join but he still refuses. But they persist, in more and more violent ways, so he must stop them, permanently.
He is even more hesitant to do that but when an attempt on his life is made, he fakes his death and alters his appearance, and decides to go after the syndicate; taking them out one at a time......
Its a controversial film for sure, and you can either be in two camps, the one who feel that its a tribute to the legend, or the other whom feel that its a blatant cash in on the man.
It is a cash in on the man more than a tribute, but the way he is stood in for, is the main reason to watch the film leading up to the genuine footage of Lee. When a cut out of an actors face is stuck on to mirror to depict him being there, its a film with a lot of gusto.
Add footage from other Lee movies, his funeral of all things, and a stand in who wears sunglasses and sits in the dark all the time, you have the making of a cult classic.
But the narrative is all over the place, and the story is a bit rubbish. All the film really has going for it is the wonderful score, the outfit that inspired Kill Bill, and the brilliant last fifteen minutes.
Watch this the once, just for the ridiculousness of it all, and then get the DVD, and watch the 40 minute footage that was originally filmed.
Its brilliant stuff....