Yoga and Kung Fu Girl
AKA: Octagon Force
1978
Director: Son Young
Stars: Phoenix Chen, Chi Kwan Chun, Pai Ying
A flexible fighter (Pheonix Chen) tries to help out her sifu when a local dai lo puts the squeeze on her school. A somewhat interesting gimmick that might make for a good movie, but Yoga and Kung Fu Girl is let down by an obvious, plodding script and haphazardly constructed fight scenes that don't even really take full advantage of Chen's flexibility. The movie doesn't even bother keeping and sense of historical accuracy; supposedly, it's set in the early 1900's, but one fighter in the movie wears a hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. This is the kind of cheap b-movie that gives old-school kung fu movies a bad name.
RATING: 3