Flicks: Sister Street Fighter (1974)

Sister Street Fighter teams up with Sonny Chiba to face Reiko Ike and Jun Jo.

Sonny Chiba, reprising his role as Terry "#1 Man" Tsurugi appears for the second half this great chop sockey/crime-action movie. Production values are slightly better with more characters and Toei studio actors appearing including a hokey Hong Kong heroin boss and Japanese actress and model Reiko Ike. It should be noted that Reiko Ike was a cult persona herself. Reiko had also co-starred in Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974) with Chiba as well as two very successful "pinky" (Japsploitation) movies: The Sex And Fury (1973) and Female Yakuza Tale (1971).

In Sister Street Fighter, Jun Jo, minus the trach box from Return of Sreet Fighter appears as another different-but-still-evil karate master-villain in another blockbuster kung fu epic. This film was followed by The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974), which featured much higher production values as the genre earned more money for Toei and international distributors.

References:
IMDB, Sister Street Fighter (1974)
IMDB, Reiko Ike
IMDB, Sex And The Fury (1973)
IMDB, Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)

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Flicks: TNT Jackson (1975)

Professor T demonstrates the theory of blaxploitation to a group of students.

TNT Jackson stars the lovely Jeannie Bell as foxy karate expert Cleopatra "TNT" Jackson searching for her strung-out junkie brother's killer in 1975 Hong Kong.

As TNT, a no nonsense Pam Grier type w/a heart as big as the Great Outdoors, Jeannie demonstrates a natural refinement as an actress. Jeannie Bell, during promotions for the film, was billed by Roger Corman's New World Pictures as a "One Mama Execution Squad" - and it's no shock to yer ol' pal the Sleaze-A-Saurus that Jeannie was Playboy Playmate of the Month in October of 1969.

Jeannie's bodacious bod and acting skills set the stage for her to appear in this film pulling an topless Ocho fighting sequence. In the scene, Jeannie darts in and out of frame heartily snappin' chinese chicken necks and flippin' cats to the floor as the lights go on and off in a bit involving badly orchestrated lighting and fight choreography.

The fight scenes towards the end of the film should have you wondering whether to laugh or cry - although Jeannie pulls one or two acrobatic moves without the benefit of a body-double and long before wire-assisted crane kicks.

Belle, who won an award from Ebony Magazine for her role, was known for some gutsy career decisions by appearing in the Marvin Gaye scored Trouble Man (1972), in Policewoman (1974) and in the brutal and unforgiving Klansmen (1974) (shot in Italy!) with Lee Marvin in 1974. Unfortunately for kung fu and Playmate enthusiasts, Jeannie Bell left acting completely in 1977.



References:
IMDB, TNT Jackson (1975)
IMDB, Jeannie Bell
Feast of 1000 Beasts, Call Me TNT, Sugar
Grindhouse DB, TNT Jackson

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