holy realism

holy realism

Iron hands and iron legs were both a lil op 😆😆
I was not expecting the guy whose head got put in a vice to come out of the other end.. simple. 
I liked the end fight a lot, the start where they are using different things to target the cripple’s weaknesses was certainly over the top but I found it kinda clever 😅😆

Iron hands and iron legs were both a lil op 😆😆
I was not expecting the guy whose head got put in a vice to come out of the other end.. simple. 
I liked the end fight a lot, the start where they are using different things to target the cripple’s weaknesses was certainly over the top but I found it kinda clever 😅😆

This was not the first Shaw bros movie I saw, but it was the one that convinced me I needed to see a bunch of them. After seeing about 20 or so,(so not nearly enough!) I can say with confidence that this is one of the best. While I can’t say definitively that it’s the best one (that is probably eight diagram pole fighter), it does kind of feel like the definitive Shaw brothers experience. While no movie can single handedly represent the entirety of such a huge history of film, this movie feels like a real sampler.
You get the venom mob, you get one of the biggest directors with Chang Cheh, you get incredible martial arts, a wild concept, some of the gore, great acrobatics and weaponry, excellent training sequences (though they maybe go on a little longer than necessary, I mean did we need to see the deaf guy punch the vase three separate times?).

Just an incredible time.

This was not the first Shaw bros movie I saw, but it was the one that convinced me I needed to see a bunch of them. After seeing about 20 or so,(so not nearly enough!) I can say with confidence that this is one of the best. While I can’t say definitively that it’s the best one (that is probably eight diagram pole fighter), it does kind of feel like the definitive Shaw brothers experience. While no movie can single handedly represent the entirety of such a huge history of film, this movie feels like a real sampler.
You get the venom mob, you get one of the biggest directors with Chang Cheh, you get incredible martial arts, a wild concept, some of the gore, great acrobatics and weaponry, excellent training sequences (though they maybe go on a little longer than necessary, I mean did we need to see the deaf guy punch the vase three separate times?).

Just an incredible time.

wigs

wigs

This movie is so good. There are moments where it feels like you might be watching the greatest movie of all time. The first half an hour or so of setup is outstanding, as so much crazy stuff happens so fast, and yet it never loses coherence. The action is strong, creative, and plentiful.
I am working through the Shawscope box sets, and I feel like it will be hard to top this.

This movie is so good. There are moments where it feels like you might be watching the greatest movie of all time. The first half an hour or so of setup is outstanding, as so much crazy stuff happens so fast, and yet it never loses coherence. The action is strong, creative, and plentiful.
I am working through the Shawscope box sets, and I feel like it will be hard to top this.