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This film is a brief out take from the Chinese classic Outlaws of the Marsh, reprotedly carried by Chairman Mao throughout his heroic stuggles against fascism. Depends on how much you would miss that 'Seven Blows of the Dragon' theme i guess. I got my dvd copy on sale at amazon for under $8, but the usual $13 asking price is worth it too. Plus, almost 25 trailers(!) of other martial arts releases. You get the original uncut version in beautiful widescreen, english subtitles option, a couple of interviews and a featurette on the director. Needless to say my vhs version will be held onto.Īnyway, the dvd is still worth picking up obviously. In its place is music that sounds like some 70's progressive rock band got a hold of it and went off on the keyboards. I was really hoping to hear it on my theater system with digital quality. There is no option to hear that theme music anywhere on the disc. To me, this aspect was VERY disappointing. The opening credits to the uncut, original language version DOES NOT have that theme music. However, the vhs version i saw as a kid was called SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON and featured(during the opening credits) a fantastic, rousing, catchy, asian-sounding theme music. If you watch this, the interest lies more in its story, characters, actors, situations, and pageantry rather than the martial arts action(but there is enough of that if you don't expect or demand wall-to-wall fights). The fighting is not that good or plentiful, even for an early 70's film it lacks in this area and it's also mainly army vs army as opposed to individual kung fu fights. I though it was a colorful, fun, epic film then and it still holds up fairly well today. This was one of my favorites as a kid, and to this day it still holds a special place in my martial arts film collection. If you're a fan then add this one to the must see list. Outside of that, it's more than what you're looking for in a film of this genre: action & a very good plot. He's more present in the follow-up All Men are Brothers, but I just wondered why just a bit part in this one.
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One of the major things that bothered me.as Chen Kuan Tai is in this movie, it's more like barely 5 minutes on screen. Plenty of weaponry & hand to hand fights. It also includes Timely Rain's (one of the elders of the Liang Shan heroes) prison visit as well as why those 2 prison guards kept assisting Jade Unicorn.Īll & all, the action was on par with the storyline. With this version, it makes sense of the deception & the conniving of Jade Unicorn's treacherous wife & the chief servant. Whereas 7 Blows of the Dragon, the English dubbed version, is not even 90 minutes long & contains more nudity & cursing which us Westerners crave (being facetious of course).
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The Water Margin obviously is the best version of this film, given the 108 minutes of it.
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When his wife & servant sells him out to the authorities, a few escape attempts & plots to assassinate him lead up to the grand climax of a deadly showdown between the heroes & Golden Spear plus his disciples. So the heroes put forth a plan to get him to join up with them but was thwarted by Jade Unicorn's adopted son The Prodigy. The only one capable of dealing with him is the well respected Jade Unicorn. The Liang Shan heroes wants bloody revenge for the death of their brother Heavenly King at the hands of Golden Spear. Taken from the classic Chinese novel Outlaws of the Marsh, this epic Shaw Brothers production follows the story of vengeance, betrayal & chivalry.
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One of the 1st kung fu flicks I ever saw (a double feature with Dragon Squad).