The original 2021 Mondo Books first edition—now out of print, superseded by a 2025 expanded reprint, which makes this the one collectors chase.
Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell) and film historian Chris Poggiali tell the bone-blasting story of how kung fu cinema swept out of Hong Kong and into America’s grindhouses, starting with Five Fingers of Death hitting Times Square in 1973—then trace the shockwaves into hip hop, action filmmaking, and the careers of the first non-white stars to truly command American screens. Foreword by RZA, which tells you everything about the lineage. Lavishly illustrated with poster art on nearly every page. A design object as much as a film history.
The original 2021 Mondo Books first edition—now out of print, superseded by a 2025 expanded reprint, which makes this the one collectors chase.
Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell) and film historian Chris Poggiali tell the bone-blasting story of how kung fu cinema swept out of Hong Kong and into America’s grindhouses, starting with Five Fingers of Death hitting Times Square in 1973—then trace the shockwaves into hip hop, action filmmaking, and the careers of the first non-white stars to truly command American screens. Foreword by RZA, which tells you everything about the lineage. Lavishly illustrated with poster art on nearly every page. A design object as much as a film history.
