"Once upon a time, Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho set the standard for insane violence, gruesome detail and plain upsetting excess. But Ellis is about to be eclipsed by another young American, Ryan Gattis"
Time Out
Jen B survives at the nightmarishly brutal MLK High School just like everybody else: by following the rules. She avoids the Principal. She doesn't complain. She's loyal to her MLK 'family'. And, like 99.5% of the student body, she knows one form or another of martial arts.
When Jen's world-famous Kung-Fu champion of a cousin Jimmy Chang turns up, everyone wants a piece of him - including Ridley, resident drug lord and leader of the school's most violent gang. They all want to see the legendary martial-arts master defend himself during the school's merciless initiation ritual.
Except that Jimmy's made a promise never to fight again - a promise that soon leads to a shocking tragedy and a bloody final battle that engulfs the entire school.
'A modern, violent epic, Kung Fu is a bloodied white-knuckle ride that never forgets the consequences of its actions'
The List, Scotland
'Borrows its cartoon violence from Kill Bill, its urban decay from Fight Club, its mythic timelessness from The Crow'
Big Issue
'The spawn of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Cormier . . . As detailed and balletic as a John Woo movie'
Publishers Weekly