THE DYNAMITE BROTHERS-1974-Larry Chin (Alan
Tang) leaves Hong Kong to find his brother in LA. He's immediately
attacked by 3 thugs ("Go back to China") hired by a corrupt
police Captain Burke (Aldo Ray). Larry winds up handcuffed to a black
criminal Stud Brown (Timothy Brown). They escape and run around like
a low budget version of THE DEFIANT ONES. They beat up some hicks in
a moving truck and finally get free and head to LA. Larry has
flashbacks of his wife's death. The duo get saved by local gangster
The Smiling Man (Don Oliver) from an attack by Razor J (Al
Richardson), the henchman of big time time drug pusher Wei Chin
(James Hong). Hmmm...Larry and Wei have the same last
name...coincidence?
While Stud romances a mute prostitute Sarah
(Carol Speed from THE BIG BIRD CAGE) Larry gets help from Betty Fong
(Clare Nono) in tracking down his brother who he finds out is dead. However Larry
is betrayed by Kung Fat (Richard Lee-Sung) and dropped in a pit with
a rattlesnake. Meanwhile a gang war ensues with corrupt police,
outrageously dressed guys with machine guns, explosions and a guy who
yells really loud when he's shot and falls off a roof. While Stud has
sex, Larry fights some guys in an alley. After Razor kills Burke and
his wife Laura (Susan McIver) he goes after Sarah (he's too stupid to
realize she can't talk). Stud and Larry arrive too late to save her
but Stud gets revenge. Larry infiltrates Wei's lair and of course
finds out the truth: Wei is Larry's brother and responsible for the
death of Larry's wife. While The Smiling Man's minions beat up the
gang Larry goes after his bro and makes his car go off a cliff. It
ends with a freeze frame of the pair running away (to where I
wonder?).
THE DYNAMITE BROTHERS was directed by Al Adamson in his usual
hasty, episodic way. It's not very exciting but it has a lot of
familiar faces to hold your interest a little while. Since this is an
Independent International release it played in re-release for many
years under numerous titles including STUD BROWN, DYNAMITE BROWN,
BLACK BELT BROTHERS, etc. At the time this was made star Tang was a
very popular star in Hong Kong. Co-star Brown was a former football
player who earlier had a reoccurring role in the first season of TV's
MASH. A few years later he had a role in Robert Altman's NASHVILLE.
He'd work again with Adamson in 1976's BLACK HEAT.
tHANKS FOR READING!
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