Being the only survivor of his clan, he then seeks help from his former teacher, who happens to possess the skills of ninjitsu, to teach him to defeat the ninjas.

Aided by three of his former teacher's disciples--Wang Li, Chu Khe, and Yu Thai Phing (always uncredited when appears on screen, poor him!)--the young master confronts the sadistic ninjas in their Five Element territory: the battle ground where his eight brothers met their death.

The film has its weak points, in terms of its flow, which drags in the middle and plot execution, which looks quite over the top and illogical at times.

The idea of having the ninjas, who are not in their homeland, build a battle zone called the Five Elements in China is sort of far-fetched, not to mention the ridiculous display of the words: gold, wood, water, fire and earth marking each of the areas.

However, this movie also has its strengths: the fights are stunning, equal to the ones found in the Venoms' movies; the ninja costumes are gaudy, with comic-book like characters; the various weapons, used by the ninjas and the heroes, are interesting as well.

Watching the last 20 minutes when our heroes fight the ninjas on each of the Five Element territories is a real spectacle, and the final fight with the King of Ninjas (Chen Hui Ming) is completely breathtaking!

Though this entry is not a Venoms flick, only Lo Mang co-stars, it does certainly has the Venom-like feel to it. Notably the characters and the fight sequences (Chu Khe choreographed) where lots of bloodshed and gore are common: arms and limbs torn apart, torso split in two, chests and stomachs ripped. Phew...

If you are a Venoms fan, this could be one of the non-Venom films considered belonging to your Venoms' film collection.

As a hardcore fan of Japanese "Ninja" films, (Iga/Koga people skilled in Ninjutsu arts), I was looking forward to seeing this HK take on "The Five Elements". I didn't expect it to be authentic in its portrayal of the art, like Raizo Ichikawa's great series "Shinobi No Mono", or even a cool fantasy version of Ninja, like Sonny Chiba's "Kage no gundan" or "Ninja Wars", but hoped it would be a bit more realistic than HK's typical version of a sneaky back-stabber with magic powers and lightning bolts shooting out of his ass. And the fact that [the version I watched] was an English [dub] caused concern, (Say NO To Dubs!).

So, when I popped it in and saw the Pan-Scan format, then heard the faux British dubbers that seem to be on every crap U.S. released Kung Fu flick I saw as a kid in the 70's I started to feel the old sharp pain in my ass that emanates from my rightside back pocket. I was now resigned to the fact that this was one of those crapfests that U.S. teens who say they love "Ninja" flicks saw along with American Ninja 4, (my buddy Dwayne was in that turd!), and thought "Ninja" are sooooo cool, ("and by cool I mean totally sweet." - RealUltimatePower.com). But I watched the thing anyway, paying very little attention, and it was okay... The fake blood spurted and flowed with obnoxious abandon like scenes from Lone Wolf & Cub, the coolest "Ninja" flicks ever! That was totally sweet, but still I thought it was no Shaolin Challenges Ninja or Duel To The Death.

Then I watched it once more, then again, and again, and again... Lo (Lieh) and behold, the damned thing grew on me like mold and I found myself being seduced by the cheesy special effects, Elvis meets Liberace costumes, and even the P.A.B. star, (I never got the fascination with 5 Deadly Venoms!) Now, after 30+ years as an Asian film freak and martial artist I've converted to O.G. HK "Ninja" flicks, kinda sorta... I now rank "Chinese Super Ninja" right up there with "Bastard Swordsman" and "Master of the Flying Guillotine" as way cool fantasy films that deserve to be in my collection.

"Chinese Super Ninja" is yet another classic Shaw Brothers film.

The story is pretty easy to follow. One school is challenge by another but knows little about them being that there all ninjas. All the fighters that get sent out for the challenge die. Others stay back to protect the school incase the ninjas come for them.

They do end up coming to there school thanks to and inside ninja that they didnt know about. All but one lives and ends up returning back to an older teacher to help get revenge.

There's a ton of fight scenes most being weapon fights there are some hand combat but not much. It does drag on a little near the middle when it shows them at the school but it picks up once the ninjas make there way in. But the weapons fights are some of the best. They use a ton of weapons. All the fighters use different weapons.

This does have some gore scenes nothing over the top but back then it was a lot. Most of it dosnt happen until towards the end. Most of the fight scenes near the start show some blood from the weapons just like any other kung fu flick. But the gore in it is from body parts being ripped off most from the tree ninja scene and some spay blood effect.

Overall a classic shaw brother movie which does feature a few venoms but not the whole cast. Its still a great a movie for sure any shaw brother fans should pick this up.

Featuring most of the Venoms, this epic Venoms piece is one of the best films they made. Light on hand to hand work and heavy on weapons, the weapons choreography and fighting are flawless and eye-popping. The number of weapons featured is countless, which is great. The weapons work rivals, if not surpasses, the Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms and The Kid with the Golden Arms. The movie weighs in at a hefty 1 hour and 48 min., noticeably longer than the customary 90 min. of most films of this genre. The middle two-thirds of the film is somewhat belabored and bogged down. However, the movie is book-ended with the most awesome and tightly choreographed weapons fight sequences ever filmed by the Venoms. The film, while noticeably edited for violence and nudity, is still quite gory. Also, the film suffers from not being rendered in glorious widescreen Shawscope, as are many of the other "limited edition" Venom releases. The panning and scanning are attentive and efficient, yet the panner and scanner had to work at a frenetic pace at times to capture the action extending from one end of the screen to the other at lighting speed, as well as phalanxes of ninjas popping out of nowhere. Of the 15 or so Venom flicks I've seen, this rates up there in the top 4 or 5. This is a must-have for the Venom collector.