From 1983 to 1988, I lived in Fredericton, NB, probably the most snobbish city I have ever visited, though one wonders why ... Even today, I still have a love-hate relationship with the Maritimes (with the exception of Moncton) - more on this some other time...
One of the things that made by sojourn there less painful during the first two friend-free years was watching cheesy Kung Fu movies on the local CBC affiliate. These ran around midnight on Friday night. I particularly liked the ones where people would fly through the air and jump up 2-3 stories. One of my favorite movies was one where a guy takes a sword and slits another one straight down the middle, splitting the fellow in half. Hehe.
In the intervening 15 years since I moved away from New Brunswick, my exposure to Kung Fu movies has been sporadic at best. Upon moving to Montreal, I worked at a place where a colleague hooked me up with almost a dozen copies of various kung fu movies, including the most excellent Once Upon A Time In China series with Jet Li. That was five years ago now.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Iron Monkey aside, I have not seen enough fight flicks in the intervening years. Hence my excitement when Videotron finally provided us with Drive-In Classics, a specialty channel dedicated to B-movies and about the only thing that Moses Znaimer has done in the last few years that doesn't leave me wanting... (I hate that new VR, CityTV wobbly camera interview look ... aarrgghh!!!!) The free preview is running out in a few weeks so I had better find a job so I can pay for it. :)
BTW, though likely to be cheese, I'll probably go see it anyway.
(PS: Fist of Fury III ends with Bruce Li (not Lee) sticking tooth picks in the baddie's eyes but leaving him alive. Oh well. What else to do but seppeku.)
PPS: Now starting: Fists of Vengeance. Be still my beating heart. Kung Bun and Bruce Le (not Lee or Li). Oh joy. ;-)