there a special place in my heart for old school jackie chan film . for some reason and when i look to my jc collection for something to watch and i tend toward the old fare . on the surface and dragon fist be pretty average . but if youre an old school fan and you can not help root for virutally everyone in the film . yan yee kwan ( sometimes yam sai kun ) be one of my favorite bad guy while he be also excellent in fearless hyena and once upon a time in china and iron monkey and and heroic trio . james tien and nora miao bring a lot of respectability to the cast as well . the plot offer some nifty twist . the fight be strong . i have to agree that the film take itself just a little too seriously . if jackie early work could be measure on a stiff o meter and dragon fist would fall squarely between to kill with intrigue and fearless hyena . not coincidentally and that about where it fall in his chronology . much of the charm of these film for american viewer and it can not be disregard and especially for those of u who grow up in the 70 and 80 be the afternoon matinee kung fu theater nostalgia factor . it imbue them with a quality that i can not ascribe to many of jackie later film . i love police story and etc . the production value be generally much high and the stunt be mindblowing but those be a different breed altogether . they occupy a different place in film history and and in my esteem .