Contrarily what said in some review, this actioner wasn't directed by a young John Woo Yusen, it was directed by producer Jimmy Pascual aka Chu Won Yin, boss of Emperor, a little company that produced some moneymaker trash-cult like The Good and the Bad (1972, US title Kung-Fu the invisible fist) or The bloody fists (1972). The tiny plot involves an undercover cop sent to his village in order to investigate about the usual gangsters, one of whom caused the destruction of the cop's family. Alot of kung-fu combats courtesy by Yuen Wo Ping (his father Simon, of future Drunken Master fame, is also in the movie), a young Jackie Chan as a stuntman and some bizarre weapon are all you can find in this lowbudget crime story. Funny as usual the presence of the evil pair San Kway and Fong Yau as the short killer and the taller one (they were real-life friends so they often did appear together in several Kung-Fu movies from that Era). Retitled Fists of double K for US market, this Fist to fist was a good moneymaker in Italy too, I remember it stayed in a Rome's movie theatre for weeks, cuz it was released soon after King Boxer/Five fingers of death and The Chinese connection/Fist of Fury, so it took advantage from theyr success. It was made in two weeks in the same landscape used for a countless other actioners made by HK independent companies. UK title: Dragons of death.
Review of Fist to Fist
