SHAOLIN EX-MONK-Watching this Golden Sun production took me back to the days of the good old Harris Theater on 42nd street in NYC! The opening features black and white scenes from the movie but no credits. Not even the title!
Johnny Chin (John Liu) likes big shot Mr. Lee's daughter but Lee does not approve. Chin gets beat up a lot by Lee's thugs. Later he meets The Sheriff of Lee Chin County who's after an ex-Shoalin priest wanted for murder and robbery. The sheriff takes Johnny on as his student and teaches him Kung-Fu (with the usual crazy practice routines). Johnny then goes and beats up the bullies ("You dirty rat! You've been practicing your Gung-Fu") right before it's revealed Johnny's uncle is the ex-priest! He and the sheriff team up to kick his butt.
I think this movie is also known as RENEGADE MONK and was the first directed by Hsin Yi Chang who as a screenwriter wrote BRUCE LEE: A DRAGON STORY and BLACK BELT JONES 2 and many others.
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