Tiger Claws

Tiger Claws is a 1992 Canadian-American action film directed by Kelly Makin and starring Cynthia Rothrock, Jalal Merhi and Bolo Yeung. It is notable for being the film that, according to Canuxploitation.com, introduced the world to Film One Productions, a company started by Jalal Merhi who also co-starred in the film, although Fearless Tiger, another Film One production, was released the previous year in Canada, but would not be released in the United States until 1994.

The police investigate a serial killer (Bolo Yeung) who seems to target only martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal fashion. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. She is assigned the job and to assist her is another martial arts specialist, Sgt. Tarek Richards. Now they need to find a tiger style master, because the killer obviously uses tiger-style kung fu. Not a simple task, since tiger is a very ancient and rare style.

Sgt. Richards decides to renew his training in tiger style in order to better prepare himself for the eventual confrontation with the serial killer. He manages to track down the serial killer and engages him in combat where he ultimately defeats him.

• Cynthia Rothrock as Detective Linda Masterson
• Nick Dibley as Psycho-Rapist (credited Nicholas Dibley)
• Fern Figueiredo as Linda's Partner
• Jalal Merhi as Tarek Richards
• Franz Fridal as Dr. Mathews
• Robert Nolan as Roberts
• Kedar Brown as Vince
• Ken Quinn as Drug Go-Between
• Ernie Cohen as Drug Kingpin
• Frank Bobiwash as Bodyguard
• Eric Bryson as Bodyguard
• Bill Pickells as Himself
• Mark Sharkey as Henderson
• John Webster as Reeves
• David Stevenson as Sifu Harris
• Frank Robinson as Officer King
• Bolo Yeung as Chong
• Dunn Wah as Chinatown Sifu
• Rick Sue as Drunken Style Student
• James Won as Gang Leader
• John Atkinson as John
• Oscar Landry as The Referee
• Michael Bernardo as John's Opponet (credited as Mike Bernardo)
• Mo Chow as Sifu Chow
• Ho Chow as James
• Gary Wong as Ming
• David Chant as Mr. Sing
• Colt Steele as Sing's Bodyguard #1
• Mike Cho as Sing's Bodyguard #2
• Genine Chambers as Stripper

After a quick run at the American Film Market, the film was released on videocassette and laserdisc in the summer of 1992 in the United States by MCA/Universal Home Video and that same year in Canada by Cineplex Odeon.

The film was followed by Tiger Claws II (1996), and Tiger Claws III: The Final Conflict (1999). Rothrock and Merhi reprised their roles in both films, with Yeung returning for the second film.

• Tiger Claws at IMDb