Another rewatch for Century of Cinema, and again one that I reviewed years ago so I don’t really feel the need to redo that; I do, however, want to note this Italian poster for it that I got from IMDB:
Holy shit. THIS poster is not here to fuck around. Neither is the film, of course; the action gets underway within a few seconds of the opening titles wrapping up and continues without much undue pause for the next 100-odd minutes. But this Italian poster picks up on one of the nastiest bits of the film—which I gather is still rated R in Australia (I have the Shawscope box from Arrow which is only 15-rated by comparison)—where Han Long, who’s kind of sold out to the rival kung fu school, faces off against the son of the villain (who’s been kind of unimpressive until now) and gets his eyes ripped out by the latter. I mean, the poster is certainly not lying, if you watch this film you will see this (it’s not like these posters in that regard, plus it gets the names right), but it’s such a strident image for the poster artist to have chosen. “I don’t know about these fucking fight scenes, but something a bit horror? I can do that…”
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