Nomination Year: 2025

SYNOPSIS: 

Tiger is the owner of a brothel who moonlights as a kung fu artist under the watchful eye of "Master." They run into serious trouble when a rival Japanese brothel opens up next door and "ninjers" start showing up everywere! What link does the Ninjer Leader have to the Master's mysterious past?

Among the other "delights" of this film is the fact that the dubbing suddenly changes from Amercian accents in the first half to very British accents in the later half. Because potates.

Smithee Award Nominations

"Wanna Run That By Me Again?"
Warm Fire Will Freeze You to Death "Why don't you let me get some fire to warm me up?" "Warm fire?! Warm fire will force the cold air into your body. This will kill you right away." WHUUUH?

"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw"
This Is Called TRAINING, B*tch! The Master hears about the new Japanese whorehouse and decides his pupil needs training up. *POW* *BAM* *SMASH* What follows is some of the most torturous, abusive, and lengthy training I've seen. Even the Master's friends say he's too hard on him. I even had to cut this short.

Crummiest Ending

Crummiest En The Master goes into a rambling backstory. I remember thinking "Boy, this is pretty late in the action to be doing this." I was right. In essentially the middle of the story, we're treated to the spinning Big Bad. Then the movie CEASES. That's it. No "The End," no credits, no nothing. I think they were going for a Star Wars franchise/Darth Vader/Empire Strikes Back thingy. And failing.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Joseph Kuo	Directed over 60 chop-sockey flicks, including The Mystery of Chess Boxing, Born Invincible, and The 18 Bronzemen. Apparently also wrote the score to Death Proof.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Alexander Rei Lo	Tiger	Snarky and handsome, he's been in a bunch of kung-fu flicks. AKA "Alexander Lo" and "Alex Lo," he's played Prince Sanada in Shaolin Dolemite. Was also in Bloody Brothers, Young Kickboxer and No Guilty [sic.]. Which tells you of the basic quality here.
Fei Meng	Master	Played a character by the name(s) of "Fang Shi-Yu/Fang Shih Yu/Chu Liu Hsiang" (or some variation) in many Chinese kung-fu films. Was Hu Fei on "The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain"; was in Eagle Flying in September, The Clutch of Power, and Everlasting Chivalry.

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