Over the years I've become more and more interested in creative photography and image making. I've been a musician all my life, as well as a DJ, producer, and touring performer. Now I feel the need to extend my creative work and express my art in...
Hip hop fans are way more familiar with this film than they rwalize since Wu Tang Clan sampled the shit out of it and their best emcee took his name from the it (Ghostface Killah). Oh yeah…and the song.
Yup, this is The Mystery of Chess Boxing and, in my eyes, it is one of the best old school kung fu films ever made. It’s the epitome of old school. It may not have the glamour and glitz of an early Jackie film but all the components are there: dumb student, wise old teacher, silver (grey?) haired bad guy, crazy styles, training sequences etc.
Actually, the one thing it has over a Jackie film is the bat-shit bonkers acrobatics. Jack Long (the old teacher) is a legendary “flipper.” Dude could back flip all day.
Sadly this is another one that never got a remaster. All that exists (unless you go to bootleggers) is a shitty, full screen VHS rip.
But if you do want to watch it (and you should), it’s free on Prime Video.
Otherwise, peep this fresh four minutes of classic shapes work by two under appreciated legends..