Actors Dorian Tan, Don Wang, and Chang Yi are all very good but unfortunately director Lee Tso-nam did this by the numbers (unlike his very good The Hot, The Cool and the Vicious (1976) and Eagle's Claw (1977)), and the sum is not as good as its parts. Dorian Tan and Don Wang would appear together again in the much better Lee Tso Nam's classic Fatal Needles vs. Fatal Fists (1980).
The woman who plays the courtesan Wu Chin Wa is not named on my Tai Seng DVD but has a wonderful dress sense and two rather stylish Mongolian? attendants, one of whose hats could have been used very effectively in the fights. I kept thinking Dorian Tan would do the same with the long white scarf he wears throughout the movie, but it seems to have been just for show.
The fights are good with Dorian using Dragon's Claw (and some very good kicking) and Don Snake Fist. I presume Chang Yi's Spider Fist is just an invention but it is fun to watch (with his Dracula like cape) and very effective. It takes the two 'heroes' to beat him in the end.
This film is not very believable but is worth watching at least once.
The woman who plays the courtesan Wu Chin Wa is not named on my Tai Seng DVD but has a wonderful dress sense and two rather stylish Mongolian? attendants, one of whose hats could have been used very effectively in the fights. I kept thinking Dorian Tan would do the same with the long white scarf he wears throughout the movie, but it seems to have been just for show.
The fights are good with Dorian using Dragon's Claw (and some very good kicking) and Don Snake Fist. I presume Chang Yi's Spider Fist is just an invention but it is fun to watch (with his Dracula like cape) and very effective. It takes the two 'heroes' to beat him in the end.
This film is not very believable but is worth watching at least once.