The one-armed fighter (hardly a sword fighter, at least in this movie) Liu Yi Su (Wang Yu) wants revenge on 9 killers of the Chu clan who massacred his family and chopped off his other arm. One of the 9 killers actually offers help in finding the others, but can Liu Yi Su trust a traitor?
You guess it, that is a predictable plot line leading to at least 9 fight scenes for the hero, mostly done with only one bare hand against swords. However, since there is good variety and some bizarre ideas (a lady leading Liu Yi Su into a trap by her 'song of death', a weird monk, an attempted poisoning), it never gets boring. Different cuts of this movie are around. I watched the German dvd which runs 77:14 minutes and compared to the subtitled Chinese version running 89:18, most cuts concern gruesome fight scenes, breaking necks and spilling blood. Violent fun, but fun it is. One of my favorites among very cheap Kung-fu flicks.
You guess it, that is a predictable plot line leading to at least 9 fight scenes for the hero, mostly done with only one bare hand against swords. However, since there is good variety and some bizarre ideas (a lady leading Liu Yi Su into a trap by her 'song of death', a weird monk, an attempted poisoning), it never gets boring. Different cuts of this movie are around. I watched the German dvd which runs 77:14 minutes and compared to the subtitled Chinese version running 89:18, most cuts concern gruesome fight scenes, breaking necks and spilling blood. Violent fun, but fun it is. One of my favorites among very cheap Kung-fu flicks.