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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
Movie

He Has Nothing But Kung Fu

1977 • Unknown

Woke Score
1
out of 10

Plot

He's lost his memory, but not his skill: After a fierce battle with a local tong, Hoi is thrown over an embankment and left for dead. He survives the ordeal but has lost all of his memory, but not his kung-fu. His fateful meeting with a beggar leads to their teaming up for cleaning up that tong.

Overall Series Review

He Has Nothing But Kung Fu is a 1977 Hong Kong martial arts film centered on an amnesiac kung fu master and a con artist who team up to fight a local triad gang. The narrative structure follows a traditional heroic quest for justice and redemption, where the duo combats corrupt, wealthy villains and works to aid the poor. The core of the plot rests entirely on the protagonist's skill and actions, emphasizing a universal sense of right and wrong.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Characters are judged entirely by their martial skill and moral conduct, such as fighting oppression and righting wrongs. The conflict is based on class and criminality—robbing the evil to aid the impoverished—not on immutable characteristics or racial identity. The casting is historically authentic to its Chinese setting; there is no vilification of 'whiteness' or forced diversity.

Oikophobia1/10

The movie is a Hong Kong production that engages solely with internal Chinese society, celebrating the cultural tradition of martial arts heroes (Wuxia). The film's themes are rooted in fighting local corruption and gang violence. The narrative demonstrates cultural pride in its own form of justice and a celebration of an internal, heroic tradition, showing no hostility toward its own civilization or its ancestors.

Feminism1/10

The main narrative focuses on the male 'kung fu duo.' Female characters are relegated to minor or supportive roles, such as the hero's mother. The dialogue includes expressions of traditional male pride and roles, such as refusing favors from women, which is a form of complementarianism or traditional gender humor. The plot contains no 'Girl Boss' tropes, no messages of emasculation, and no anti-natalist themes.

LGBTQ+1/10

The film focuses exclusively on male-to-male camaraderie, action, and traditional crime-fighting. There is no presence of alternative sexual ideologies, deconstruction of the nuclear family, or commentary on gender theory. The structure is based on a normative male-female pairing or purely platonic male partnerships common to the genre.

Anti-Theism1/10

The movie is a secular-focused martial arts adventure where the heroes fight for an objective moral goal: justice for the poor against the corrupt. The central conflict between good (the heroes) and evil (the tong) is a clear demonstration of transcendent morality. There is no hostility toward religion or an endorsement of moral relativism.