		Year: 1978 Director: Sammo Hung Starring: Sammo Hung, Leung Kar Yan, Roy Chiao Genre: Action/martial arts Literal title translation: 'Fat Dragon Crossing River'

Sammo plays pig farmer Wong Lung, a Bruce Lee fanatic who arrives in Hong Kong from the territories to work in his cousin's cafe, and just like Bruce Lee has a run in with a local gang. When the cafe is destroyed Wong Lung finds a job in a local Dim Sum bar and befriends two of the waitresses. A millionaire interested in antiques arrives at the restaurant and takes a shine to one of the girls. This angers Wong Lung, who must now face the rich man's hired bodyguards.

More of a homage to Bruce Lee than an exercise in exploitation this film is a lot of fun. Sammo is very young in the lead role and although he bears little or no resemblance to Bruce himself he delivers an excellent performance. Everything about the way he moves is correct and his fighting style and mannerisms is definitely the best Bruce Lee impersonation on the screen. The film was obviously made very cheaply though and at some points it is noticeable that Sammo probably didn't even get permission to film on the streets! In a scene where he trashes the baddies car (only to discover it's the wrong one!) you can see a crowd of onlookers gathering behind a barrier sectioned off for filming! Despite this everyone involved is clearly having a good time (including Sammo) and this rubs off on the audience. The funniest scene comes about when Sammo beats up an actor making a Bruce Lee cash-in film for not doing a good enough impression! There are a few moments here though that are in a bit bad taste. An actor playing Jim Kelly is obviously a Chinese stuntman with shoe polish on his face and is the subject of more than one racist joke. It is moments like these that lower the tone of the film and give away the fact that it was filmed on an extremely low budget.

Overall then worth a watch if you are either a Bruce or Sammo fan. The fights are very good for the time (although Sammo slows down a bit when fighting Leung Kar Yan to compensate for his lack of martial arts skills). The film is also very funny in places and despite quite a lot of flaws obviously has it's heart in the right place. A harmless bit of Sammo fun that should not be taken too seriously.