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This is one of my favourite martial arts movies from Hong Kong. It is one of John Woo's earliest films and one of only a few traditional martial arts movies he directed. You can see his influences from working under Chang Cheh in this film. The action is good, the fight choreography is conducted by Fong Hak On who appears as one of the bad guys in the movie. It stars Wei Pei of "Five Venoms" fame and a whole host of faces familiar to fans of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers productions. The story line is interesting, there are a few decent plot twists and the build up of the characters and their relationships with each other is cleverly done. This film has only had a VHS release in the UK. Media Asia have released a region 3 DVD and there are versions of it on DVD available from the USA. The film is lovely to watch in either it's original language or in it's English dubbed version. I highly recommend this movie.
Another heroic swordplay drama from Chang Cheh. This was shot immediately after One-Armed Swordsman and contains almost the same cast. Fans of One-Armed Swordsman will appreciate this.
Set around 300 BC, Wang-Yu plays the heroic swordsman who seeks fame and glory by fighting for the better of his country. When the opportunity arises he has to make the choice of whether to pursue his dream of dying with honour on the battlefield or living his the rest of his days with his beloved.
For it's age the action is good, although there's not huge amounts of it. Wang-Yu takes on loads of soldiers, swordsman etc with quite a bit of blood and guts being spilled.
I have watched the celestial remastered version, the sound and picture quality is great. Recommended.
Set around 300 BC, Wang-Yu plays the heroic swordsman who seeks fame and glory by fighting for the better of his country. When the opportunity arises he has to make the choice of whether to pursue his dream of dying with honour on the battlefield or living his the rest of his days with his beloved.
For it's age the action is good, although there's not huge amounts of it. Wang-Yu takes on loads of soldiers, swordsman etc with quite a bit of blood and guts being spilled.
I have watched the celestial remastered version, the sound and picture quality is great. Recommended.
This is one of my favourite kung-fu films and is regarded as one the most popular Shaw Brothers from the late 70's. The plot is interesting and twisty, the characters are cool each with their own style - toad, snake, lizard etc. The action is limited in comparison with other Chang Cheh / Venoms films but what is there is interesting with different kung-fu styles on display from the various characters. I recommend this film to those who think all Shaw Brothers especially Chang Cheh's films are the same, most of his films usually focus on the 10 tigers and Shaolin vs Manchu conflicts. This film is breath of fresh air in comparison.