Throwback Theater Movie Reviews #1

Throwback Theater Review of the week.
8/19/2012

“The Street Fighter” 1974

Starring Sonny Chiba.

 

 

By A T Folino

    With the advent of streaming broadband video being available 24/7 by way of
YouTube or Video on Demand movie fans like me can watch many classic cult movies that a few years ago were not available at the local video store.  Every week we will give a spoiler free review of a different cult classic movie.  They will run the entire spectrum from Comedy to Kung Fu.  With that being said I am proud to give you my first review of a movie close to my heart the 1974 Kung fu classic “The Street Fighter”.  Starring the Japanese patron Saint of ass kicking Sonny Chiba.

    Chiba plays Terry Tsurugi a half Chinese half Japanese master of Karate and just an all around badass.  The movie opens with Terry dressed as a Taoist Priest giving last rights to a convicted killer Jungo whom his family has paid to be set free.  As the guards leave we get our first glimpse of how much of a BMF Tsurugi is as he hits Jungo with a coma punch to get him out of his execution.  From there the movie just gets more exciting as Terry and his sidekick Ratnose set out on a series of bloody adventures fighting everyone along the way including the police, mafia, yakuza, and an entire karate dojo. 

    “The Street Fighter” is a must watch for any fan of grind house or drive in movies.  The movie is a throwback to a time before everyone became so damn sensitive about everything.  It is politically incorrect and proud of it.  “The Street Fighter” has SCU’s highest recommendation.  In closing if you have an hour and a half to kill kick back turn your brain off and watch this martial arts classic.


Things to watch for!!!

The prison fight a great intro to Terry.
The apartment building high dive.
Terry fighting the short and chubby master of the Karate dojo.
X ray skull crush!!!!
Painful appendage rip.
The fight on the oil tanker in the rain
The Voice box!!!!!


Please enjoy the movie!!!