Shaw Bros.
Directed by Cheh Chang
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)
A lone swordsman, who shuns money and fame, becomes entangled with an engaged couple and their uncle who are transporting a large stash of government bullion. The Flying Tiger Clan plan to steal the treasure, and they've got the manpower and skills to pull it off. The love triangle takes up too much time in the middle section of the film. However, when the fighting begins it is violent and bloody. There are the usual distractions of flying men, trampolines and backwards film gimmicks, but this takes on an almost operatic quality at times, especially the ending in which the two sides face off in an epic battle that takes place in a pagoda.
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