Plot: Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another.
Plot: "Lady Of Steel" is a high plains drifter adventure where Cheng Pei-Pei plays a swordswoman on a mission: to find the bandits that killed her parents and save the country from foreign invaders.
Plot: Female director Kao Pao-Shu cast Lily Ho as the embittered swordswoman searching for the man who murdered her sister. The man turns out to be her fiance, but her nihilistic fate stays true to lone swordswoman form.
AKA: Legendary Weapons Of Kung Fu; New Legendary Weapons Of China; 18 Legendary Weapons Of China; Legendary Weapons Hong Kong: 1982
Liu Chia Liang, Hsiao Ho, Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui Ying-Hung Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: During the Boxer Rebellion, Lei Kung is appalled by the slaughter around him. When his dissent puts him in the path of deadly masters who want him silenced, his only chance for survival lies in a secret arsenal of the most deadly weapons ever created!
Plot: Chang Cheh directs Alexander Fu Sheng, Lo Meng, and Kuo Chue in an exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.
AKA: Killer Constable; Karate Exterminators; Karate Warrior Hong Kong: 1980
Chen Kuan Tai, Guk Fung (Ku Feng), Jason Pai Piao Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: Gold is stolen from the Emperoress Dowager and a hard-nosed cop who would rather kill criminals than arrest them is given one month to find and return the gold--or else he dies!
Plot: A teacher comes across a secret list of anti-Ching rebel names and quickly becomes a target for Ching loyalists. Lo Meng teams up with kung fu Wang Yu to add some truly pioneering lion dancing action footage.
Plot: Contains the following titles in a collector's set: "Sword Of Vengeance", "Baby Cart At The River Styx", "Baby Cart To Hades", "Baby Cart In Peril", "Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons", and "White Heaven In Hell".
A very odd yet effective film with prolonged slow passages that either serve to flesh out the characters or delay the action, depending on your perspective...
AKA: Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx; Sword Of Vengeance 2 Japan: 1972
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo Action/Adventure / Swordplay/Sword(s)
Plot: In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan, and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate who is guarded by the three Gods of Death.
AKA: Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades; Baby Cart In Hades; Sword Of Vengeance 3; Lupine Wolf; Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords Of Death Japan: 1972
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Go Kato, Yuko Hamada Action/Adventure / Swordplay/Sword(s)
Plot: In the third film of the "Lone Wolf And Cub" series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute, and is hired by their leader to kill and evil chamberlain.
Plot: In the fourth film of the "Lone Wolf And Cub" series, Lone Wolf is separated from his Cub in the course of a mission to find and kill Oyuki, the tattooed mistress of martial arts.
Plot: In the fifth film of the "Lone Wolf And Cub" series, Lord Kuroda, head of the Kuroda clan, sends his five greatest warriors to individually test the skill of Lone Wolf prior to hiring him. He passes the test.
Plot: In the sixth and last film of the "Lone Wolf And Cub" series, the evil lord of the Yagyu clan recruits his blood-thirsty daughter and supernatural warriors. If they fail, Retsudo plans to release the might of the entire Yagyu army.
Plot: In this rivetting swordswoman spectacle, Shaw Brothers' actress Lily Li teams up with one-time kung fu wonder boy Chen Kuan-Tai in a quest to find a missing martial arts manual. It's new wave heroic bloodshed with new wave talent.
Plot: Petty, arrogant god Dragon Fighter Lo Han (Stephen Chow) is changed into "Monk Chai" and ordered to alter the fates of three bad people on Earth, lest he be retransmigationized.
Plot: This is the exciting tale of two rival swordsmen in imperial China vying with a power-hungry villain for possession of the dangerous "Peacock Dart". It all leads to a final showdown that stands out as a highpoint in kung fu cinema.
Plot: This film centers on the hero vowing vengeance against evil bandits that killed his family when he was a child. The hero recruits several friends to help peasants rid their village of marauding bandits, the leader being the man that killed his family.
Plot: Taking place in the closing years of the Ming Dynasty, the title characters battle a power-hungry official, at the same time getting involved with three gorgeous beauties.
AKA: The Magnificent Kung Fu Warriors; Magnificent Warriors; The Heroic Event Hong Kong: 1976
Alexander Fu Sheng, David Chiang, Chi Kuan Chun, Phillip Kwok Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: A patriot enlists the help of three local kung fu conmen--Fu Sheng, Chi Kwan Chun, and Lee Yi Min. Together, the martial quarter devises a plan to liberate Mongol invaders of all their ill-gotten gains.
We've gotta' come clean, we're not the biggest fans of Alexander Fu Shnickens. But this film's all-star cast easily impresses nonetheless, with lots of excellent training sequences and fight scenes.
AKA: Shaolin Temple 3; North And South Shaolin; Arahan Hong Kong: 1985
Jet Li Lian-Jie, Wong Chau Yin (Huang Qiu-Yan), Woo Gin Keung (Hu Jian-Qiang) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Plot: Internationally lauded as one of the greatest, this magnificent martial arts masterpiece marked the titanic, one-time only, teaming of renowned champion Jet Li with legendary director Lau Kar Leung.
Plot: An insidious masked gang of hired killers has been terrorizing the countryside, with their mastery of the trident and an inherent brutality. But who are the men behind the masks, and what are the identities of the three chiefs in the gold masks?
Plot: Famous weapons instructor Tung Tieh-Cheng is invited to teach a Ching official's soldiers, in this unofficial sequel to "The Kung Fu Instructor". But after his son is kidnapped and castrated; what follows is a chaotic whirlwind of slicing and dicing.
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A very odd yet effective film with prolonged slow passages that either serve to flesh out the characters or delay the action, depending on your perspective...