ANGRY YOUNG MAN is a typically cheap and unendearing kung fu story from Taiwan that once again plays out the same old battle between rival schools. You might have thought that plots had progressed a bit by the mid '80s but no, this could well have been made ten years previously and goes through the same old motions. Various heroes, including Bai Ying and Jocky Cheng, fight back against the typically cruel and ruthless Japanese, and bloody action occasionally takes place. The choreography is just about acceptable but in a world in which Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung were mega stars they really needed to try harder by this stage. The best part is inevitably the climax, in which guest star Hwang Jang Lee shows up as the mega villain (yet again) and shows off some of his stunning kick work.
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