An extremely poor 70s Kung Fu film; I'm not sure why it is rated so highly on here, except perhaps for comedic value. Even by chop-socky standards, it's substantially below par. I've heard good things about Casaova Wong, but he looks surprisingly incompetent in this movie. He even walks weirdly. It also has absolutely nothing to do with Shaolin. The original has clearly been heavily spliced and edited, often extraordinarily obviously. The dubbing is awful -- most of the time the character who is supposed to be speaking isn't even moving his or her mouth. The costumes are also ludicrous -- most of the villains look like Indians from a 50s western. All this would be forgivable if the fight scenes were well done but, alas, they are actually the most disappointing aspect. Every scene relies heavily on comically obvious wire-work and ham-handed editing. The only scene it seems anybody bothered to choreograph is the last, which barely rises to the level of mediocre. Even there, it's not at all smooth, and the villains tend to stand still and wait for the hero to get around to hitting them. There are much better examples of genre that are just as easily obtainable as this forgettable trainwreck.
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