Hot Potato (1976)

Directed by

Oscar Williams

Genre

action film, Bruceploitation, martial arts film

Country

Thailand

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A martial arts expert gets caught up in a mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist in Thailand. He uses his fighting skills to take on local thugs and corrupt officials.

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What happens

Hot Potato (also known as Twist the Tiger's Tail) is a 1976 American action film written and directed by Oscar Williams. The film was a Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller production starring Jim Kelly, who also arranged his own fight scenes. Hot Potato was filmed on location in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is a follow-up to Black Belt Jones. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film came along toward the end of one genre in film and helped mark the beginning of a new genre. It provides a bridge from what is commonly known as blaxploitation film to the kung fu genre made popular by Bruce Lee. Hot Potato and films like it entertained the same audience as the popular black films of the early seventies such as Super Fly, Shaft, and Black Caesar which were opposed by the activist organizations NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). However, such films also provided an international audience. This phenomenon meant the same amount of money could be invested to make a film with less political hassle and more profits. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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