This movie features an authentic martial arts style called "choy lee fut" or "tsai lee fuo". Alex Fu Sheng demonstrates a few movies during the opening credits. Historically, the style evolved from the Shaolin Temple through the fighter Chan Yuen-Wa and his student Chan Heung in about 1836. This is the second movie that the married couple, Alex and Jenny, appeared in but the first as a couple. Despite many alternate titles it's easy to verify you are watching the movie since it is Shaw Brothers with top stars. Chang Cheh was the director and Liu Chia-Liang the action director. This results in superb fight scenes.
The movie opens with Alex rescuing Jenny from sexual advances from Beardie (Leung Kar-Yan). The townspeople disapprove of him going against the gang in control of the town. Even his martial arts master advises Alex to stand down.
The plot would be familiar to fans of the genre. The hero picks a fight he cannot possibly win and this usually has a dark ending. The fights begin as hand to hand and there is a training sequence. Double blades are added as a weapon. The ending was a little too much "zen" for me.
I rate the movie as well above average but short of one of the best of the year and recommend it for all fans of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984.
The movie opens with Alex rescuing Jenny from sexual advances from Beardie (Leung Kar-Yan). The townspeople disapprove of him going against the gang in control of the town. Even his martial arts master advises Alex to stand down.
The plot would be familiar to fans of the genre. The hero picks a fight he cannot possibly win and this usually has a dark ending. The fights begin as hand to hand and there is a training sequence. Double blades are added as a weapon. The ending was a little too much "zen" for me.
I rate the movie as well above average but short of one of the best of the year and recommend it for all fans of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984.