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Christopher Lee the best darn bad Chinese villain


Forget all those Chinese and Manchu villains from the 1970s kung fu flicks.
The best baddie Chinese villain of all is none other than our main man, Christopher Lee. And he doesn't even know any kung fu! LOL. Wouldn't it have made for a cult classic by pitting Christopher Lee's Fu Manchu against the late Bruce Lee?

I love Christopher Lee's badass Chinese Fu Manchu, all 6'5" of him replete with fake makeup Oriental eyelids. And to top it all, Fu Manchu is dressed like a 19th century Manchurian high official from imperial China.

Fu Manchu's sifan thugs are strictly low budget. In the early to mid-70s the monthly, large, black and white comic book Fu Manchu's sifan were well-trained hand-to-hand combat fighters. Even though the sifan were highly trained in empty hand combat, they weren't so naive as to rely on only fists and hands. The comic book sifan were more realistic. They fought expertly with edged weapons, typically swords, knives and daggers. They also used throwing edged weapons. But they weren't that naive to pass up on firearms. Fu Manchu's sifan also trained in proficient use of firearms, typically semi-automatic pistols, machinepistols, and submachineguns, but nothing bigger usually.

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Lee is always good but this film is junk.

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Bump. There is something very charming about Lee's commitment to the role. good acting.

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