The 13 Cold Blooded Eagles

During the early 1990s, the wuxia wave filmed Hong Kong cinemas and many remakes of older martial arts classics were made. So we have 13 COLD-BLOODED EAGLES, a very different remake of Shaw's 1978 classic AVENGING EAGLE. While the nub of the plot is the same, in terms of staging and characters this is something else entirely, and it works. The film is relatively low budget and small scaled, but it has a wealth of the typically flamboyant fight sequences you always see in films of this era, with plenty of spinning and wirework on show. Waise Lee and Cynthia Khan are always great additions to the cast, and the whole thing is enjoyably engaging.