Midnight Movie: Bloody Fists at Alamo Village

If you look in the dictionary under “Kickin’ Ass and Takin’ Names”…well, there won’t be anything there. But if you look in the Urban Dictionary, it’s defined as, “defeating an opponent…and recording a list of future contestants who will have to be beaten or defeated.” Oh, and also there will be a picture of Yuen Woo-ping.

Let us remind you why that name sounds familiar: Yuen is the master action coordinator responsible for all the badass-ness of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and a little something you might have heard of called The Matrix—as well as about a hundred Chinese kung fu flicks you aren’t hardcore enough to have seen.

For one night only you can catch the master back when he was still developing his signature style. At midnight tonight, the Alamo Village is hosting a free screening of The Bloody Fists aka Deadly Buddhist Raiders or Death Beach (hard to decide which is a better name).

This 1972 Hong Kong action movie stars many people our spellcheck keeps saying aren’t words and you probably won’t know them anyway, so let’s skip to the plot: a roving band of Japanese karate fighters terrorize this village for its supply of “Dragon Herb” (easy there, stoners). Nobody can stop them because of their intense karate skills…UNTIL a lone outlaw wanders into town. You know how this goes.