master plan represent have the winning team in a deadly tournament . one of several martial art action picture that attempt to capture the flavor of the famous enter the dragon from 73 and this one be an effort from south africa . the villain stronghold be a bit different and appear a a white castle like fortress in the middle of the desert from a distance . the villain himself and a baron or general and be a slightly more perverse version of the dr. no or han mold of master villainy and have strange flashback to the glory day of nazi germany . he do wear the full regalia nazi uniform at some point . his main ambition in life be to hold an illegal martial art competition or tournament against his japanese rival and an extension of their complicity in the 2nd world war ( my army be good than your army ) . it sound silly and it be and though the suggestion of madness and craze machismo almost work . the central hero and steve chase ( ryan ) and resemble a white bruce lee character and have a similarly lean and lithe physique and though obviously not on the same level of martial art expertise . i think he would be some secret government agent here but apparently not . he and his girlfriend have join the baron team of fighter and but decide to quit ( what do they think they be get into . ) . of course and it not that easy . there an odd sequence of them escape through the desert use a wrecked car with a rigged sail those desert wind can do wonder for travel and it seem . the plot kind of meander in the 2nd half and a the hero join the team of the villain competitor and the girlfriend be hold hostage by the villain in a cell and under threat of rape by the hero rival . the most interesting character turn out to be chico and a dwarf who be the villain assistant while he loyal to the baron but be sympathetic to the plight of the hero . much of the fighting utilize the ballet like capability of the hero and with a lot of leap and slow motion . the sound fx be also amped up and exaggerate in an attempt to add more impact to the blow . there be a few good fight during the tournament towards the climax and but none really stand out . if one have to pick and i suppose the best involve the brutish muscle man henchman of the baron and introduce late in the story ( he lift the back of a car at one point ) . you wonder how the hero will take him out at the end and since the brute seem to shrug off most of the punch . the acting be very mediocre and descend into camp as far a the girlfriend and who tend to laugh for no reason and a if she high on grass and though she be very cute . some of the training scene be also campy and especially all those guy run over or roll down the desert sand . and and with such a title and there surprisingly few actual killing . ryan and a steve chase and return a a traditional agent in the sequel kill and kill again . hero represent4 villain represent4 femme fatales represent4 henchman represent6 fight represent6 stunt or chase represent4 gadget represent2 auto represent3 location represent5 pace represent5 overall represent4 plus .