Karado: The Kung Fu Flash

Karado: The Kung Fu Flash is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts drama film, that has also been released under various other titles, including Karado: The Hong Kong Cat, Superior Youngster and Super Kung Fu Kid. The film stars Nick Cheung Lik as a the hero, Ah Lung, and Bolo Yeung as the villainous Tiger.
==Plot==
Ah Lung is a young man with amazing kung fu skills, who is often dealing with the local bullies, because he "only fights for truth and justice" - like his late father did. After his mother witnesses him in a fight, she decides that it's best they move away to be with Ah's brother, Man Ho. But unknown to Ah Lung, Man Ho is a servant of a triad leader called Tiger.
Upon docking, Scarly, one of Tiger's goons who is distinctly bald, takes notice of him kicking one of his goons off the pier. When Ah Lung asks around for the whereabouts of his brother, people are quick to brush him off, knowing Man Ho is bad news. Two fishermen also grow suspicious of Ah Lung's presence when they see him talking to a friend, and follow him into the woods, and are beaten up for attacking and accusing Ah Lung of being sent by someone. Scarly sees this from hiding nearby, then returns to his boss and explains to him that he thinks "revolutionists" (whom Tiger has issues with) may have sent him to the land, to serve as a spy, and that the mystery guy has formidable fighting talent. The fishermen were also wary of Ah Lung, for the opposite reason, believing him to be a spy, but for the North Ocean Army.
Tiger and Scarly confront Ah Lung on a beach, and begin to attack him. Afterwards, once Tiger realizes he is outperformed, Tiger states he wants to make friends with him (obviously to keep a watch on him), but Tiger is ignored. Following this encounter, Tiger sends Man Ho to attack him in his sleep at night, but Man Ho and Ah Lung stop fighting upon their mother speaking, so they realize they're related.
Man Ho offers to have Ah Lung have a meal with Tiger for to see about gaining employment, but Ah Lung, aware of Tiger's devious behaviour, refuses to work for such a man. The fishermen are still suspicious of Ah Lung, as they see him leaving Tiger's house, believing he was a recruit. Tiger then sends his female servant, the recently widowed and attractive Wildflower, to seduce Ah Lung. Although this trick also fails, because Ah Lung is too smart to fall for such a ruse. Wildflower however, warns Ah Lung that Tiger will use other tactics to get what he wants.
Tiger has some friends visit him, who are also tough martial artists, and one of them has a revolver. These thugs continue bullying random people and even kill an innocent woman in front of her husband, but they make the mistake of targeting the fishermen that Ah Lung met before. Once Ah Lung intervenes, they realize they were wrong to think he was with Tiger the whole time, and they befriend him, going fishing together. Ah Lung also gives one of the villagers, Monkey, his fighting sticks. 
Eventually, when Ah Lung proves too much of a nuisance for the villains, they kidnap his mother while his brother is out of bounds. Ah Lung shows up to attempt to rescue her, fallen into their trap. But as they try to flee the scene, his mother is killed following a gunshot wound. Wildflower is also assaulted for switching sides and then stealing medicine to help treat Ah Lung's mother, and also for tampering with the bullets inside one of bad guy's revolver, just after having sex with him. Ah Lung fights the villains, but Scarly is accidentally shot to death by Tiger when trying to get at Ah Lung. Lung recalls that he was told by the fishermen that the revolutionists are coming, so they need not worry, because they will deal with Tiger in due course. Ah Lung finds his brother, but they still don't see eye to eye and have a fight before Ah Lung can explain what has just occurred. Once the fight stops, Ah Lung lets Man Ho know that their mother was murdered by Tiger. Ah Lung leaves soon thereafter, and Man Ho begins sobbing. 
Tiger and his men show up, and beat up Man Ho, who is furious about his mother's death. When Ah Lung returns to see that his brother is being beaten up, he assists him in combating their arch rivals, but Man Ho is killed after suffering stab wounds from the thug with the revolver. Ah Lung chases after Tiger and finishes off several of his henchmen including the man with the gun, but Monkey and one of the other villagers Ah Lung befriended, are beaten up by Tiger when they show up to help him. Monkey returns the weapons Ah Lung gave to him, before succumbing to a major chest injury, and the other guy was already dead. Ah Lung pole vaults onto Tiger's boat, and deals with all of Tiger's remaining guards, before facing Tiger one one one. After an exhausting and bloody battle, which sees Tiger trying to kill Ah Lung with the boat's anchor, Ah Lung finally kicks Tiger off the ship, and into the ocean, to an uncertain fate, hereby finally avenging the deaths of his family and friends. 
Category:1973 films
Category:Martial arts films