starring Chen Kuan-tai, Li-Li Li, Wong Yue, Lo Lieh, Gordon Liu
directed by Lau Kar-leung
Hung Hsi-kuan flees the Shaolin temple when his teacher is killed by the villainous Pai Mei. Hsi-kuan comes back for revenger more than a decade later after going into hiding, getting married and having a son. Hsi-Kuan is unsuccessful in his attempt to kill Pai Mei but he manages to escape. He trains for several more years before taking another stab at killing Pai Mei.
Hsi-kuan does not survive his second assassination attempt. Hung Wen-ding, his son, who has been trained in another style of martial arts takes his place in the third attempt on Pai Mei's life.
Thoughts
This is a martial arts movie but there wasn't as much fighting as I expected there would be. The first fight between Hung Hsi-kuan and Pai Mei doesn't occur until about 2/3 of the way into the movie. There is a fair bit of humor which isn't unusual for martial arts films. The movie ends fairly suddenly.
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