{"id":29232,"date":"2019-12-14T17:47:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T23:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=29232"},"modified":"2019-12-01T17:49:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T23:49:03","slug":"soul-brothers-of-kung-fu-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=29232","title":{"rendered":"Soul Brothers of Kung Fu (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6a5fc6cc0eb9c1412faf45d028ef9f69.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6a5fc6cc0eb9c1412faf45d028ef9f69.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6a5fc6cc0eb9c1412faf45d028ef9f69-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fans expecting a light hearted Jackie Chan-esque Martial Arts movie or people expecting a fun blaxploitation film will be disappointed by &#8220;Soul Brothers of Kung Fu.&#8221; This film is definitely NOT for the sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>This film DOES feature some spectacular martial arts, the majority from Bruce Li, the best of the Bruce Lee clones. While the fights do provide a lot of entertainment, the storyline itself falters. Yes, it features a typical kung fu movie bad-guy and his bumbling henchmen and a lot of other formulaic martial arts movie scenarios, but most of it borders on risque.<\/p>\n<p>If racial violence offends you, then skip this movie. A lot of the film is focused on the verbal berating and physical beating of Carl Scott, the film&#8217;s sole African American character, who&#8217;s been given an extremely stereotypical dub-over.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this movie was obviously cut up when it was released on video. Some of the scenes made no sense, and it&#8217;s easy to tell that a scene that supported it was cut. The annoying constant use of the theme from &#8220;Rocky&#8221; doesn&#8217;t help this movie either. The ending itself also didn&#8217;t sit well with me for numerous reasons, which I won&#8217;t really get into. I saw the version with the &#8220;alternate ending&#8221; (I think that&#8217;s the only one out there), so I&#8217;m not sure if the other version of the ending was any easier to swallow.<\/p>\n<p>You may, as I did, notice this video at your local video store and go &#8220;That should be fun.&#8221; I was under the impression that this would be a campy film, but it really wasn&#8217;t. As a huge fan of Kung Fu movies, I was able to look past most of the content and focus solely on the fighting, but it was difficult. I do not recommend this movie for anyone looking a for cheesy movie to watch on a rainy day, or for anyone who is trying to wean their way into the Martial Arts Genre. But if you&#8217;re a fan of good martial arts, you may wanna check this one out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans expecting a light hearted Jackie Chan-esque Martial Arts movie or people expecting a fun blaxploitation film will be disappointed by &#8220;Soul Brothers of Kung Fu.&#8221; This film is definitely NOT for the sensitive. This film DOES feature some spectacular martial arts, the majority from Bruce Li, the best of the Bruce Lee clones. 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