5/5 Fingers of Death
  by Jusuf Hariman (Australia)
This movie is widely regarded as the first classic, spectacular international martial arts movie sensation. It is also considered by many as the film that started it all. From Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers, the founding father of kung fu films, comes the groundbreraking cult movie KING BOXER (Five Fingers of Death). Required viewing for Cinephiles and martial arts fan alike, KING BOXER took world audiences by storm with the tale of a young martial artist who battles his way into a national tournament, in the name of love, honor, and revenge. His journey from young fighter in training to master of the Iron Fist delves deep into mythic kung fu lore and is laced with explosive action and dazzling fight sequences.

5/5 Five Fingers of Death
  by I. Singh (Minnetrista, MN)
One of the Shaw Brothers Studios most well-known films, King Boxer was an international success that helped instigate the kung fu craze of the '70s. It opens with an old master (Wen Chung Ku) attacked in an alley. He fends off the fighters, but decides he isn't strong enough to travel to a martial arts school to learn the Iron Fist (also called Iron Palm) fighting technique. He sends his pupil and son-in-law Chao Chi-Hao (Lo Lieh) instead. When Chao arrives at the school, he finds the students and teachers in preparation for the All China Tournament. They fear that if their archrivals win the competition they will rule with cruelty. Chao, the clumsy rookie, must start at the lowest rung of the school's ladder and work his way up. Meanwhile Ming Dung Shun (Tin Fung), master of the "bad" school has hired Chen Lang (Gam Hei Chu), a tough mercenary, and two Japanese ronins to kill or maim the "good" school's best fighters. In one of these fights Chao's hands are broken and it seems as if he will not be able to fight again. Chao redoubles his efforts to overcome his injury and learn the Iron Fist technique. Mastery of the technique is indicated by a "whooo-hee whooo-hee" sound effect and a quick zoom to the fighter's glowing hands. Chao's old master is also attacked and killed by these fighters and his daughter/Chao's girlfriend Yin Yin (Ping Wang) flees to tell him the bad news. Chao fights his way to the All China Tournament, and prepares to take on Ming Dung Shun and his cohorts. In the United State, the film is more commonly known as Five Fingers of Death, the more exploitative title given to it by Warner Brothers. ~ Michael Buening, All Movie Guide

5/5 In The Beginning, There Was Five Fingers Of Death
  by Martin Berkowitz (USA)
It must be hard for young people today to imagine the impact this film had on movie goers when it played for weeks in theaters and took people's breath away as this was the first martial arts film to come from overseas.
The title Five Fingers Of Death was what Warner Bros. named it when they released it before creating their own Enter The Dragon with Bruce Lee. This film was released before any of Lee's Chinese films which were touted as featuring "real Kung-Fu", implying all others like King Boxer were not true martial arts. I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan but King Boxer is still a masterpiece that still delivers. It holds a special place in my mind and others, I'm sure, for introducing american audiences to what was then a new form of action film that initially attracted everyone. I originally saw this with my Dad who was so blown away he took us to see it several times. He dragged my mom to see it even though she covered her eyes through half the film. The flood of films released from China right after this one were endless, many bad, but some very good. Oddly enough I can't remember any more coming from Warner other than their own homegrown Enter The Dragon. King Boxer deserves a place in any film fan's collection. It introduced a whole new genre of film that still thrives.

4/5 Five Fingers Of Pow!
  by LibraryLady of Chocolate City (Rochester, NY)
This movie is a great classic. The age of the movie itself is the only reason I did not give it 5 stars. Some places in the video are not sharp, but that is as can be expected for a movie as old as this one. The action in 5 fingers is always great, and my husband and I will probably wear out this DVD and have to try to get another one. Thank you for having this movie available. He had been wanting it for years, and now we finally have it! Some of the best fighting scenes and lines ever put into a martial arts movie is in this one. I think this is one of the best fighting films ever.

5/5 five fingers of death
  by Jesus G. Oses
note, that when these martial-arts movies were really hot during the 1970s we would go to the movies and then fight inside during the movie which would cause the movie to be stoped until order was restore, and yes, the police had to come. later after the movie the real fights brokeout outside, I'm talking about boston, and new york, city. note every true martialarts movie fan knows about this, this is how you can catch the bullsh!!!rs. anyway, this is my review. thanks.