Christian Karaoke: Rock a My Soul (1972)

Description

Bruce Lee stars as a young martial artist pushed to the brink in THE CHINESE CONNECTION, considered by many to be the late star's most exciting film. Following the mysterious death of his teacher, Kung Fu student Chen (Lee) spends his time brooding over the senseless loss until the arrival of Wu (Wei Ping Ao), "translator" for the powerful Susuki (Riki Hashimoto), who runs a rival school. Wu first derides the class through ethnic slurs, then intimidates them with a warning and a challenge - a challenge Chen wishes to accept. When his fellow students convince him otherwise, Wu taunts him, unaware of the fierce power behind Chen's unassuming appearance. Seeking to right the wrongs that Wu has perpetrated, an angry Chen visits his violent competitors. In one of the film's breathtaking action highlights, he takes on the entire class, decimating them all without breaking a sweat. Outraged, Susuki gives his enemies just three days to turn Chen over to him...or else. The students urge Chen to leave Shanghai, but when he overhears the truth about his teacher's death at Susuki's order, he refuses to go, choosing instead to avenge his master. Adopting a number of disguises to elude a police inspector (played by director Lo Wei), Chen appears as a rickshaw driver, an old man, and a meek telephone repairman while preparing for the fight of his life...unaware that Susuki is himself a martial arts expert who has doubled the odds by securing the services of a merciless Russian killing machine, the unstoppable Petrov (Robert Baker). With battle scenes that rank with the most impressive ever achieved on the screen, THE CHINESE CONNECTION is a testament to Bruce Lee's incredible talents as well as one of the most entertaining Kung Fu thrillers ever made.