Truly Dreadful Film

Thanks for the memories!

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Title-wise it is more correctly the seven step style of kung fu. Master summons the gang. Another guy goes to see the silk factory. Ricky Chen enters as an acrobatic doofus. As Little Tiger, he defends a girl from a drunk. Two sinister looking guys discuss that white eyebrows has summoned the gang. Cut to our guy practicing. He gets into a dispute with another man over an apple and each end up with a large medallion. His master, Ga Hoi, knows the owner. They watch for strangers in town. One is a girl, Lam Yi-Wa. That's the bad guys for some reason. The girl ends up changing sides.The last half hour of this movie is almost 100% fights. That can actually be a problem if all the fights look alike. It is not a problem here. The choreography is excellent and never becomes redundant.Ricky Cheng has a Chinese opera background and uses acrobatics in his fights. After making a few movies at Shaw Brothers he took his skills to Taiwan. This movie is one of his very few lead roles. I rate this one above average for the year and genre and certainly recommend it for fans of the golden age of martial arts movies from 1967-1984.

Tiger, who's sweet on Miss Chiao Lan (? The dubbing was bad on the copy I saw, so it was hard to understand just what some of the translators were saying from time to time...), defends her when she's put upon by a local gang. His master, Li, turns out to be an old enemy of The Five Hand Gang, so, when Tiger turns up with a medallion belonging to one of the Five Hand Gang members, he instructs his pupil to inform him immediately if he sees any strangers in town. Before young can count to five, Tiger sees a woman in a sedan chair he's never seen before, as well as a mysterious, "powerful man carrying a spear." The two are headed for Kung's house. Kung, it turns out, is working with a white-haired general, Kwong (? Again, the sound on my copy sucked.), whose intention is to take over the area. Tiger kills the spear-wielding man and the proverbial s--- hits the metaphorical fan. At one point, Kwong kills both Miss Lan and the woman in the sedan chair, although they profess their innocence. "What does innocence gotta do with it?" he counters. There are a lot of fight scenes throughout, which keeps the pace brisk and helps make SEVEN STEPS OF KUNG FU worth a look.

Classic Kung Fu, fairly fast paced choreography, great Kung Fu action throughout, especially the ending scene is a fan-honored fight of the 70s. A ruthless white-haired general intends to take over a small town with the help of his posse, "The Five Hands Gang". A local tearaway and kung fu kid, Tiger, learns of their plot and informs his uncle Lee San Pai, master of the seven steps style of kung fu and sworn enemy of the Five Hands Gang. The old master instructs Tiger in the art of seven steps kung fu and together they tackle the white-haired general and the Five Hands Gang. A true classic that shook late night! A ton of long fight scenes and some very creative choreography make this old-schooler a clear stand-out from the crowd.Absolutely recommended to any Kung Fu fan! The top villain is marvelous, 8 out of 10.

Kung fu of seven steps is a standard martial arts movie from the seventies. There is a lot of action but the story is pretty weak( a young fighter joins the mayor to fight the bad guys who want his place). Worth a rent if you enjoy this kind of movies..................................................7,5/10