BRUCE LEE'S WAYS OF KUNG FU is a cheap and poorly-shot period kung fu film made in South Korea by the looks of it. This was an IFD release so it's typically cheap and cheerful and has Godfrey Ho's name knocking about it somewhere. The star is one Bruce Lei, who actually seems to be Dragon Lee masquerading under a pseudonym.

The plot is as relentlessly uninvolving as a plot can get. The viewer gets to spend time with a ruthless Manchurian warlord who lives in a hidden labyrinth filled with no less than 18 female Amazon fighters who kill off any intruders. This guy is introduced as the "master of the castle of the devil's styles" in an early scene. We get to see some moments in which the female fighters bump off random characters although it's fair to say they're not exactly the greatest fighters (and a far cry from those Amazons in Jackie's ARMOUR OF GOD).

After a while, Dragon Lee's character is introduced into the story. He's on a mission of death to avenge the murder of his father, but it's a rather long-winded mission that takes time out to involve comedy cross-dressing sidekicks and the like. The action, when it finally hits, is entirely unremarkable and features not a single move or style that viewers won't be familiar with already. In fact, BRUCE LEE'S WAYS OF KUNG FU is a slapdash kung fu film that's so poor I started forgetting about it mere minutes after watching.

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