Fist of Unicorn

1973
6.3| 1h33m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 March 1973 Released
Producted By: Star Sea Motion Picture Co.
Country: Hong Kong
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Unicorn travels to a village troubled by gangsters in search of revenge for the murder of his parents years before. The task is made more complicated when he befriends a middle-aged woman and her son who begin to admire and depend on him.

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Action

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Director

Tang Ti

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Star Sea Motion Picture Co.

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Fist of Unicorn Audience Reviews

Clevercell Very disappointing...
Rijndri Load of rubbish!!
VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Leofwine_draca FIST OF UNICORN is one of the earliest 'Bruceploitation' films, made while Bruce Lee was still alive! He turned up on set to help choreograph some action for his friend Little Unicorn, and a few seconds of behind-the-scenes footage were used in this film's ending. Bruce was furious and broke off contact with his old buddy as a result. After watching the whole film I can see why: this is a very low quality and predictable martial arts film which moves sluggishly from one situation to the next, never convincing or coming together. There are stuttering comedy guys, Japanese villains, and stalwart heroes and their families. Little Unicorn turns out to be a fleshy, average-looking guy with little discernable fighting talent. Wei Ping-Ao turns up as the usual villainous Japanese. The only real interest when watching this is seeing various stars of the 1980s in early roles. An impossibly young Yasuaki Kurata is a powerful opponent while the adorable Hoi Mang is the bald-headed kid. Mars shows up and has a stutter too for some reason. You even get to see Jackie Chan in the tiniest of cameos as a hired thug. Other than that, skip this one.
CrashHolly8 Starring Unicorn Chan, who is nowhere near as skilled as Bruce Lee, now that I mention him, Bruce Lee was in this movie 5 seconds. It starts, when Chan's parents are killed and Chan is kicked to river. Chan goes to temple and is released with powerful fighting skills. At first Chan sleeps outside, but then young boy discovers him and now Chan has home. I think we saw Han Jae Ji demons trading some moves, he helped Chan. Meanwhile bad guys kill random family, but girl survives and that same girl goes to Chan's family's house. Of course bad guys try to search there, but Chan hides girl and they're free. Later they got bit bad luck, because other bad guy finds girl and fight starts. They kidnap girl and it's Chan and boy to rescue. Chan trick's good fighting guy and they fight in open area. Meanwhile boy rescues girl. Then that guy, who kicked Chan to river appears and Chan recognizes him. In this movie was pretty weird scene, most guys are Chinese, but there was 1 white guy in movie, that's made in Hong Kong. Chan kill's him and now it's Chan versus his parents killer. That end fight was pretty weird in my opinion, they fight, but then they're in edge and fall. They fight again and Chan kills main bad guy and movie ends. There were nothing new in this movie.
ckormos1 The title of the movie is "Fist of Unicorn" or better "Unicorn Palm" as on the copy I have. This movie never had anything to do with Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee had nothing to do with it and certainly is not in it. How the movie came to be associated with Bruce Lee no one knows the truth and no one needs to know. There is no association is the truth. So just watch the movie and enjoy it. It is as good as any and better than most martial arts movies made in 1973. There is a story in between the fights. The characters have at least the one required dimension and sometimes more. The fights are good. Each fight is appropriate for the reason behind the fight. There is a genuine effort for realism and minimal wires and trampolines. The lead Little Unicorn is not leading man material but he is an excellent stunt man. You get to see the real deal - Wang In Shik - in one of his few roles. He is still teaching hapkido today. Mars has a role and Jackie Chan is there but don't blink or you will miss him. Definitely worth two beers and 90 minutes of your valuable ass scratching time.
Damon Foster Unicorn Chan, a childhood friend of Bruce Lee, completed this movie in 1973, right before Lee's death. To make our heroic, scrawny runt Unicorn Chan (FIST OF FURY, RETURN OF THE DRAGON, THE BLOOD HERO, BRUCE LEE: THE MAN THE MYTH) seem like a good fighter, he had his superstar pal Bruce Lee help choreograph the fights. As the story goes, Unicorn released the movie briefly under the title "Bruce Lee and I", to capitalize on his soon to be ex-friend's fame. I read somewhere that Lee felt betrayed, and never spoke to Unicorn again, for the rest of his life—which, admittedly, was only a few months. Other stories go so far as to say that Bruce Lee has a "walk on cameo", or that Lee appears in the outtakes. I watched this average chop sockey movie closely, and couldn't see any obvious Bruce Lee shots other than a still shot at the beginning.I did, however, spot a young Jackie Chan in a microscopic cameo as a background henchman (blink and you'll miss him), at least I think so. Regardless, as an early 1970s kung fu romp, it's okay. There are cool fights, but most of the better ones don't involve Unicorn Chan. There's some other hero, and a heroine who do their share of kicking, so the battles are fast-paced and enjoyable. Otherwise, it's so ultra-average and predictable, I'm at a loss for words.There's an interesting role reversal in the cast: Yasuaki Kurata plays the Chinese translator, and it's Wei Ping Ao who who plays an actual Japanese this time (with a Hitler mustache, no less), not the interpretor. It's another "good Chinese vs. bad Japanese movie", but also has some subplot about Buddhist acupuncture.