MamaGravity
good back-story, and good acting
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Billie Morin
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
bbickley13-921-58664
Blood of the Dragon Peril is better if your a fan of old school Kung Fu flicks. It's one of the few genres were the bad English dub is more acceptable than the original language version. It's just not an old School Kung Fu flick unless the dialog is not matching the lip movement The movie has a story but that does not matter all that matters is the Kung fu fighting which is good, but not great. I never herd of Jerry Chan, but it sounds like a dude attempting to milk the success of Jackie Chan. He goes up against an army of Sword wielding stunt men with satisfying results.The bad DVD copy I have only heighten my enjoyment of the film, reminding me of days when I use to buy bootleg VHS tapes. If you gotta see it that's the way to do it.
Bezenby
I hope you like people saying "Doll Bride Mask" because that's what half of the dialogue in this film consists of. I suspect also that this may be a Godfrey Ho film, due to the general tone of craziness on display. Someone in...some kind of mask...is attacking the Japanese and stealing their wages in occupied China. But who is it? Could it be the guy they catch wearing the Doll Bride Mask? Or the guy in the doll bride mask that comes to rescue the guy who was wearing the doll bride mask? Or is it the guy who wears the doll bride mask at the end, having accidentally caused the death of someone else who was wearing a doll bride mask?What else would you call a film that's mentions the doll bride mask so often? Yep - Blood of Dragon Peril...hmmm...that's the kind of thing that makes me think Mr Ho was behind all this. Although the mostly cohesive plot might prove to be a counter argument. Plenty of action and good martial arse scenes make this a pretty good film to be honest. I liked it. Doll Bride Mask!
BA_Harrison
Lieutenant Yashika (sp?) is brought in to help discover the true identity of the masked freedom fighter known as Doll Bride Mask, who has been causing trouble for the Japanese army in WWII occupied China. Who could be the mysterious man behind the mask? Chang, the martial arts student? No! Traitorous collaborator Chow Liu? No! Penry, the mild mannered janitor? Don't be silly!The quality of my copy of Blood of Dragon Peril was pretty shocking: dark, grainy, panned and scanned, and with atrocious dubbing; however, I doubt very much if a pristine, widescreen, subtitled version would have improved matters much—the film would still be a rather unmemorable slice of early 80s chop socky not really deserving of the 'remastered DVD' treatment.Although the fight action is adequate, with occasionally nifty acrobatic moves, some impressive kicking, and even a little bit of amusing wire-work to exaggerate the hero's prowess, it is never exceptional, and the repetitive choreography soon becomes tedious (a shame because Doll Bride Mask is actually a cool character, the expressionless mask making him a more imposing foe). The mystery angle to the story is also rather redundant: if you fail to guess the true identity of Doll Bride Mask, you must be as retarded as Chow Liu's brother pretends to be (hint, hint).4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
the69eyes
I rate this as one of the greatest Kung-fu movies of all time. From a time when fight scenes weren't cut every 3 minutes by dialogue and comic relief was so bad it made you wince.Dragon Peril is (as far as i know)one of the few Rocky Mann films ever to make it to video/DVD. It's a shame because a director with such a flair for story telling and action should be given more credit.Dragon Peril is set in WWII China under the occupation of the Japanese army. Attack against the Japanese have been reported by a mythical figure. Chow Liu is ordered by his superiors to hunt this attacker down. The appearance of Japan's greatest soldier, General Yashika, causes complications as he suspects Chow Liu to be the Masked Warrior.The film demonstrates some very early wire work and beautifully made shots. Not to mention the highest level of martial arts i've seen to date. The dubbing i have to say, drags this film down. Though i'm thankful they didn't subtitle it as the film quality is pretty shaky. Don't let that put you off though. If you're a Kung Fu fan or interested in getting into it this is where to start. Not forgetting it has the catchiest theme tune EVER. This film's been the inspiration of a lot of my film projects. Although i'm not a fan of remakes... I strongly think this film should have a remake, for sake of getting the original the credit it deserves.