sanitised version of story but a feast for the eyes

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Takes awhile but becomes a good kung fu intrigue film

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A fearsome assassin is contracted to kill the patriarch of a large and formidable clan. Meanwhile, the benevolent clan leader&apos;s top men are attacked by a rival clan and killed. Shortly after, an internal power struggle reveals its...

Yuen Chor

Liu xing hu die jian

Dull Shaw Brother tale of feuding clans with little fighting

Shaw Brothers martial arts film that&apos;s more focused on story and character than on it is on fight sequences, which left me a little disappointed because I didn&apos;t find myself all that interested in the characters or story here. The story is about two feuding clans, which seemed to play out more like a tale of royal court intrigue than your typical you-killed-my-master kung-fu film plot lines, which is probably a good thing in most cases, except this royal court intrigue wasn&apos;t all that compelling. The few martial arts sequences present, primarily swordplay over hand-to-hand fighting, are well done, but are far too brief. I was also quite surprised at the amount of nudity in the Shaw Brothers production, which usually shied away from that sort of thing (although brutal bloody combat was perfectly acceptable). I read several other reviews where other reviewers loved this film, so it does have it&apos;s defenders, but I am not one of them.

Shaw Brothers martial arts film that's more focused on story and character than on it is on fight sequences, which left me a little disappointed because I didn't find myself all that interested in the characters or story here. The story is about two feuding clans, which seemed to play out more like a tale of royal court intrigue than your typical you-killed-my-master kung-fu film plot lines, which is probably a good thing in most cases, except this royal court intrigue wasn't all that compelling. The few martial arts sequences present, primarily swordplay over hand-to-hand fighting, are well done, but are far too brief. I was also quite surprised at the amount of nudity in the Shaw Brothers production, which usually shied away from that sort of thing (although brutal bloody combat was perfectly acceptable). I read several other reviews where other reviewers loved this film, so it does have it's defenders, but I am not one of them.

A fearsome assassin is contracted to kill the patriarch of a large and formidable clan. Meanwhile, the benevolent clan leader's top men are attacked by a rival clan and killed. Shortly after, an internal power struggle reveals itself.

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