Blu-ray, DVD Release: Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Available now
Price: DVD $19.99, Blu-ray $22.99
Studio: The Film Detective

The Film Detective presents  the 40^th anniversary edition of the 1980 cult favorite Fist of Fear, Touch of Death in a Limited Edition (1,500 copies) special collector’s set.

The action-filled Fist of Fear, Touch of Death premiered as one of the final pieces of the Bruceploitation era, the 1970s cinema subgenre that lung to the box office success of the film of the late Bruce Lee (who died in 1973) by utilizing Lee lookalikes and archival footage from Lee himself. The Bruceploitation market has grown in cult status in recent years.

True to Bruceploitation fashion, the film features over-the-top fighting scenes, putting the 1979 World Karate Championship at center stage, where martial artists take their shot at eliminating the competition and claiming the title of “successor to the Bruce Lee legacy.”

Wrapped in a mockumentary-style presentation, martial arts masters Fred Williamson and Ron Van Clief, among others, emerge from every corner of the martial arts world to give their take on whether any competitor can be deemed worthy of the Bruce Lee legacy. Lee himself receives top billing in the film, appearing in archival footage dubbed “The Bruce Lee Story,” a chronicle of Lee’s early years partially taken from the 1957 film, Thunderstorm.

The 40th anniversary collector’s set, packaged in a blood-red, Blu-ray case and featuring a 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative, includes the following special features:

-Interviews with star Fred Williamson and Ron Van Clief, producer Terry Levene, director Matthew Mallinson and scriptwriter Ron Harvey

-Original theatrical trailer