No comments about RAGE of the MASTERS + RETURN of the SECRET RIVALS (DOUBLE FEATURE].

5 comments about One Armed Swordsman vs. 9 Killers.

1. Although there are no One Armed Swordsmen, there is only one One
   Armed Boxer, the movie is still not bad! The movie is actually
   called One Armed vs. 9 Killers which would make since, but I
   guess Video Asia changed the name to get dumb-asses like us to
   buy these films! The picture quality is watchable, but there are
   scenes in the movie to where the screen will start boncing up
   and down and it's annoying! But that only occurs like 7 times
   and usual they appear whenever the camera takes a picture of the
   sky for some dumb ass reason! Other than that, this is a walk in
   the park kung fu flick with Jimmy Wang Yu style brutal fights
   and slow moving story!



2. WHY, for the love of god?! You know, this might be hard for mainstream movie audiences to understand, but some of us would actually appreciate classy packaging and a quality DVD transfer on a kung-fu flick every once in a while. Unfortunately, those of you looking for what I just described will have to look elsewhere.
   I was aware when I bought the film that it wasn't an entry in Wang Yu's "One-Armed Swordsman" series, and I didn't mind that. This is actually "One-Armed Against Nine Killers", a little-seen film from the midseventies that I've been trying to track down for years. What I DON'T appreciate is the fact that Videoasia completely hacked the credits off the beginning of the movie. I'm not thrilled with the condition of the print, either; it's very obviously a direct copy of a shaky, blurry old VHS tape with tracking lines running through it more than once. TRACKING LINES, FOR GOD'S SAKE. Some of the fights are watchable, but the film looks like (...)t overall.
   Kung-fu movie fans shouldn't have to put up with this kind of incompetence and carelessness in the DVD age. We paid our dues with all those cheap videotapes in the eighties, remember? There must be some company out there that's willing to spend a little cash and give these films a decent release. As for Videoasia(which should be put out of business): shoddy work, you ripoff artists. I won't be buying anything else with your name on it. Why not aim a little lower and retitle the movie "One-Armed Swordzman Vs. Nine Killaz, Biatch"? You might sell it to three or four more unlucky people.
   NO STARS.



3. ...the ending receives all the stars- WOW! otherwise this is a bit lower than average Kung fu film, and I am a Jimmy Wang Yu fan. The fight scenes are below average for the most part and only the last 25 minutes of the film are worth watching. This movie shows that comic relief is necessary in any good story (ask Shakespear.... actually a William S. Kung Fu movie would be a good idea... Macbeth has a pretty good plot for it!). Better one-armed boxing appears in the Master of the Flying Guillotine (spelling?).



4. WARNING!! If it's not distrubuted by Celestial Pictures,(the company that legally owns THE ENTIRE SHAW BROTHERS MOVIE CATALOG), DO NOT BUY. If you want good remasterd Shaw Brothers movies from Amazon, I recommend the movies from Image Entertainment and Dragon Dynasty. At least they did acquire the rights from Celestial to release their movies in the proper way. So to all you Shaw Brothers movie buffs like myself, take heed to this.



5. One Armed Swordsman vs. Nine Killers just another Wang Yu film to add to your collection,unfortunately this dvd is of poor quality and it's too bad collectors like us get ripped off like this,a vhs tape would be better than this,then again if it was a tape nobody would complain,it's also too bad because this crappy transfer steals away from the quality of the movie,which is really not that bad,with a descent plot,and alot of shady characters,while Wang Yu investigates and seeks revenge.I'll never buy an Videoasia product again,three stars for the film,minus alot of stars for the non-remastering of this sorry piece of crap dvd.

No comments about Rage of the Masters.

2 comments about Iron Man.

1. "Iron Man" is a Chinese martial arts film with some great action and interesting camera work, but it has the usual bad dubbing, lame soundtrack, clunky Foley sounds, bad editing and incomprehensible plot which plague many Chinese films of this ilk. This film is part of the Wu Tang Collection II put out by Xenon Entertainment Group, Hong Kong Connection and Arena Home Video. The Shaw Brothers may also be involved in this. I bought the video in part because I was intrigued that I could not find a review of it on the Internet. By now, it should be obvious this has nothing to do with the Marvel Comics character soon to become a major movie star.



2. Don't be fooled!!!...this is NOT the Japanese Live Super Robot film Supa Robot Maha Baron...in fact it has NOTHING to do with SUPER ROBOTS at all!!!!! This is merely ANOTHER one of XENON's old school low buget kung fu flicks under the WU TANG label...Sheesh I wish AMAZON would get around to having some sort of DESCRIPTION info for obscure releases such as this... I almost ordered the damn thing based on the other guy's review!!!!!!!!!

No comments about One Armed Swordsman: Trilogy 3 DVD Boxset.

3 comments about Crash Masters: The Sword (1971).

1. Crash Cinema has released this, and they have made it clear that this is the best they could clean up the print. I am not usually one to complain, but the subtitles are burnt onto the picture and can be extremely hard to read. If you can get past that, then this is a must see for Jimmy Wang Yu fans.
   
   Wang Yu is part of a family that is very respected. At the start of the movie the new King is looking to become Wang Yu's friend rather than his enemy. He decides to hold a martial arts tournament with the finest sword known to man as the prize. Wang Yu is absolutely obsessed with swords, so of course he has to enter the tournament. After winning the sword and adding it to his already huge collection, he finds out this is not the finest blade ever made. He goes way beyond obsession at this point and leaves to find a hermit who owns this supposedly #1 ranked sword. When he sees that it really is the best, he must have it. But, he finds out this old hermit isn't the pushover he looks to be. After learning all the sword skills he can, he comes back a year later to claim the greatest sword in the world.
   
   This may come off as generic, but it is one of Wang Yu's finest roles. One of my favorite movies ever is 'Killer Constable', so maybe it is just that I love anti-hero movies so much, but I enjoyed this and it has a very memorable ending. Don't go into this expecting your average bad guy kills people and good guy takes revenge type of story. Oh no, it's a lot deeper than that. The costumes are wonderful and really help the movie and the acting is very good from everyone. The story will probably not go down in history as one of the best ever, but it flows along very nicely with Wang Yu giving a superb performance. The movie is all done on sets, but there is the occasional location shot that I could have used more of. I can't consider this a classic, but it's a good watch if you like old swordplays.
   
   This is from 1971, and the action was much better than I thought it was going to be, mainly because Wang Yu sells it so well. Don't expect 'Hero', but the sword fighting is very good for it's time. 3.5/5
   
   While the subtitles are hard to read, the story is still pretty easy to follow. The picture has noticeable print damage all the way through. Heavy speckling at times, some heavy scratches, verticle lines, and brief moments of more serious damage. Another company that releases rare movies is fittingly called Rarescope (BCI). I haven't had any problems with their picture quality, and this release from Crash Cinema looks a little bit better than Rarescope, so no complaints from me other than the subtitles. The picture is widescreen in letterbox format, so that is VERY nice to see. Sound is good. Not 5.1 or anything, but no irritating hissing sounds and crackling only occurs a couple times.



2. The DVD has some good sword action especially during the sword tournament. The thrust of the story is the hero's obsession with finding the perfect sword. It makes this movie more of a film dealing with the humanity of the central characters than just another "chop-socki-flik". If it was just an action movie I would have given it 3 stars instead of 4. Its approach to dealing with inner turmoil makes it again, better viewed as a film than as an action movie.



3. The sword,1971,Jimmy Wang Yu is a swordsman,and a sword collector,who'll stop at nothing to own the sword of all swords,with plenty of swordplay and action,Wang Yu's acting in top form,the only problem being is the subtitles,the secret for reading these is to start from the ending of each sentence and read backwards that way you won't miss anything.This Crash Cinema dvd is surprisingly remastered and features 16x9 widescreen,if you can tolerate the subtitles,for which I'm used to from the martial arts genre,this is a good Wang Yu film.3 1/2 stars

3 comments about One Armed Boxer.

1. Before Bruce Lee, there were a few kung fu movie stars. The first huge star was Jimmy Wang Yu who started working in the very first Shaw Brothers sword plays back in 1965. He directed and starred in 'One-Armed Boxer' for Golden Harvest in 1971 and is in top form both in front of and behind the camera. While you can clearly see Jimmy Wang Yu is not a real martial artist, he is still one of the best kung fu stars ever. At least 50 people die in this movie and he does the most damage.
   
   The story is simple. A gang that is involved in opium smuggling and prostitution is looking to take out Wang Yu's kung fu school. When defeated, the gang hires Japanese fighters. Well, mostly Japanese. 2 Thai kickboxers, 2 Tibetan Lamas, a Yoga kung fu master(I never heard of Yoga kung fu, but hey, it's a movie), a Judo expert, a Taekwondo expert, and the unstoppable Lung Fei. Lung Fei also brings his 2 students, and obviously Wang Yu doesn't stand a chance against all of these guys. These are truly 10 of the craziest villains that you will ever come across. Wong Wing San played the Yoga guy with extendable arms in 'Master of the Flying Guillotine', but he just plays one of Lung Fei's 2 students in this. I will stop my review right now and let you find out for yourself how Wang Yu loses his arm and gets revenge.
   
   If you are a fan of kung fu movies pre-Bruce Lee, this is a must have. Maybe the best basher ever. It's one of the movies that started the imaginary world where only martial arts schools exist. So the one martial arts school is a gang, and the other school is made up of good people. You just have to go with it, but it more than works. The movie is serious, but takes place in a complete fantasy world. "Never insult Tibetan martial arts".
   
   There are too many good things to speak of when it comes to this movie. The great soundtrack, TONS of bloody fights (there is like 20 individual fights), Lung Fei's fangs, very creative training sequences, and best of all, Jimmy Wang Yu's acting. He was always the best at making me believe that he is in a really tough fight.
   
   Overall, this is a one of a kind. They didn't make enough crazy movies like this that actually had good stories. A true classic in every way. 5/5
   
   Red Sun version is widescreened with English and Cantonese languages. I don't know who they stole the print from.



2. Unfortunately, the subtitles in this Red Sun release are absolutely terrible. I myself do not know the chinese languages, so the subtitles make the story for me, and I must warn, for others in my position, they have put in a very lousy effort, to the point that it can, at times ruin the storyline somewhat. I was disappointed and frustrated with this, and got to the point that I would rather turn the subtitles off and just try to remember what was REALLY said! Luckily, I still have the original movie subtitles on VHS that I dubbed from the TV so long ago. I had actually bought this DVD to replace it, however it looks like I will still have to hang on to my VHS for now.
   
   The movie itself gets 5 stars from me and that goes without saying. I remember many years ago when I was only a child, waking up and turning the television on to find this movie showing... I was completely drawn in to the unique fighting scenes and story line, both of which have been explained well by the reviewer before me. It is a timeless classic of Hong Kong cinema, and really is a must own. Let's just hope that some day they release a DVD with better, more accurate subtitles...



3. I'm rating this Red Sun dvd only two stars,not for the reason of this classic Jimmy Wang Yu early 1970 film,but for the quality of Red Sun dvd's,a company out of Hong Kong,an estimated three out of five dvd's I own there's some kind of problem,for instance One Armed Boxer,I never got to see the ending,can you believe that?for the reason it just flat out freezes,trying everything from fast forward,rewinding,and skip scene access.It's not my dvd player and I want to know if anybody else has had the same problem with Red Sun,and the real bad part about it is that these dvd's are remastered,I guess you can't have everything.One Armed boxer is a kung fu classic,never did see Jackie Chan,maybe he's in there at the end.

2 comments about Man From Hong Kong (Digitally Remastered) DVD.

1. A not too bad action film from the 70's with George Lazenby as a Aussie mob boss taken on by a karate/kung fu cop (Jimmy Wang YU) from Hong Kong. Lazenby's death is a classic moment to rank with Cagney's top of the world in White Heat. Too bad this isn't yet on region 1 DVD. Film's theme song ("Sky High") was a modest hit on the top 40 charts.



2. Jimmy Wang Yu had been a star of Hong Kong martial arts films and swordplay adventures for ten years (ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN, CHINESE BOXER), first for Shaw Bros. and then for Golden Harvest, when he was assigned by the latter to make THE MAN FROM HONG KONG (1975) in Australia, in English, with an Australian crew, with fight scenes choreographed by Hong Kong actor Sammo Hung. The idea was to try to position Wang Yu as an international star, the "new Bruce Lee," and replicate the success of the Hollywood/Golden Harvest co-production from two years earlier, ENTER THE DRAGON, starring Bruce Lee, who had died in July 1973, a month before the film's release.
   
   In THE MAN FROM HONG KONG (released in the U.S. as THE DRAGON FLIES), Wang Yu had to forego his usual intensity and play a suave, womanizing Hong Kong detective ("Special Branch") who comes to Sydney, Australia to extradite a drug peddler (Sammo Hung), but winds up embroiled in a running battle with Sydney crime boss Wilton, played by George Lazenby, a one-time James Bond (ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE). Like so many 1970s action movies, the flimsy plot is routinely put on hold to indulge in gratuitous chase scenes filled with lame gags. There are a couple of '70s-obligatory love scenes pairing Wang Yu with two forgettable Australian actresses. One of these includes a long, insipid romantic montage involving horseback riding on a ranch in the Aussie countryside, underscored by the song, "A Man is a Man is a Man."
   
   There are plenty of fight scenes, though, and I have to admit that for a mid-1970s made-in-Australia action film, the fights are certainly better-than-average. However, once you've seen what Hong Kong filmmakers were doing so successfully at the time, it's hard to be very impressed. Choreographer Sammo Hung, who went on to become a notable kung fu film director himself, was somewhat hampered by the Australians' demand for more "realistic" fight scenes, meaning he had to subdue his normally active kung fu imagination and concentrate on "street fighting," much of which is quite brutal and bloody. There is one fairly traditional Hong Kong-style kung fu sequence involving traditional weapons at a martial arts school, where Wang Yu takes on a room full of Chinese "students" working for the villain. Sammo appears in a pre-credits fight scene staged on the picturesque Outback tourist site, Ayers Rock. Lazenby has a few fight scenes also, and he's not bad. There's also a clever finale involving a penthouse, a vault filled with explosives and a 90-second fuse.
   
   Wang Yu is dubbed in English throughout. His character speaks Mandarin in one scene with Sammo, forcing the viewer to grab the remote, reverse the disc a few seconds and turn on the subtitles.
   
   Interestingly, the film's theme song, "Sky High," is more famous than the film itself. Performed by a group called Jigsaw, it became a top-40 hit at the time and is still played on oldies stations. ("You've blown it all sky high, by telling me a lie, without a reason why...")
   
   This Region 3 DVD from Fortune Star offers a high quality print and transfer. Extras include the original trailer and two deleted dialogue scenes, one of which fills in a minor, but gnawing plot hole.

4 comments about Unbeaten 28.

1. This flick was pretty decent. Let me explain a little about this flick without giving too much away.
   
   One of the things that I immediately picked up about this one is that there are not a lot of actors here - perhaps "low budget issues" - who knows? Brother "Tiger" (played by superstar Meng Fei) is awesome in this one. Also check him out in "The Green Jade Statuette" - another hot flick in my book. The plot picks up very early here! When Tiger was a baby his parents were killed. This evil villan (played by Mark Long - aka - Ghost Faced Killer) tried to wipe out the entire family. The baby was rescued and taken to a Shaolin temple where his teacher was given further instructions on the proper techniques for raising him. This is when he was renamed "Tiger." (This is quite similar to "Born Invisible", which is a great flick starring Carter Wong). Tiger is given a special diet and trained vigorously in kung fu. He had to endure extreme hardship and not shown pity in the midst of his painful training.
   
   As a child he remained in hiding because the evil villan that killed his family and wrecked havoc in town never stopped looking for him to kill him and all others associated with his family. When he got older, he was told what happened to his parents. Tiger sworn to get revenge, but his teacher knew he would be no match for this evil villan if he could not withstand the ultimate test of going up against the Shaolin Unbeaten 28. He had to do what no one before him had done and each chamber was more difficult than the one before. At the end of the test, the prize is a book full of Shaolin secret kung fu techniques. Will his 20 years of kung fu training help him to get past the Shaolin Unbeaten 28?
   
   Although I enjoyed this flick, I must warn you that his sister will soon become quite annoying. I wanted to completely cut her out of this one altogether!!!!!!



2. this flick is amazing i gave it a 4 because this is noth jospeh kuo's best but probably his most underrated and its one of my favs. but im not a meng fei fan but imma fan of the famous long brothers, jack long (7 grandmasters, born invincible, & the mystery of chessboxing) and mark long (the mystery of chessboxing, 7 grandmasters, born invincible). but i know meng fei is a beast because half of his films are dope so you cant knock his hustle. the dvd is great, great sound and dubbing. something that groundzero had a problem with all their other releases. i like the voices they gave the characters in the movie as well. but the other reason i gave it a 4 is because of the fullscreen shot it look sloppy though. if it was presented in widescreen lets say 2.40:1 this is no doubt a 5. this movie also reminds you alot of a low budgeted 36th chamber of shaolin only 30 minutes less. the final fight between meng fei and mark long is classic. oh yeah you can catch the soundbytes from this movie on wu-tang clan's wu-tang forever album its a classical lp check the music section for more info



3. First off, mang fei plays the hero. How many great movies has he been the star of? Prodigal Boxer is all I can thnk of but this beat the sheeit out of that.
   
   Pictrue is full screened which wasn't too dissapointing. Sound quality is pretty loud but very muffled, and picture quality is just fine for old school fans.
   
   So the movie starts off witht the best fight of the movie. I like the final one better, but this was true action. I will further elaborate on the ending. So we see that mark long(the bad guy in this) was taught early on with jack long and mang fei's father in kung fu and then took his skillz and went elsewhere. So his own school that mark long(ghostface killer) sets up is kind of like a gang of course and he needs to be stopped. The great Jack Long is giving the task of making this little kid the most unstoppable fighter ever. You have to love a joseph kuo production, no half-assin it around here. I mean he gives you his blood sweat and tears for these movies, truly. The little kids training scenes are some of my favorite parts of this movie. So meng fei starts training at a VERY young age and eventually becomes a bit of a spoiled little brat, btu we forgive him because he has conversated with like 2 people hsi entire life(20 years). So Jack logn tells him to go to a school and get the secret kung fu manual. What meng fie does next is a Kuo original, he fights all sorts fo weird stone men including ones who are really cool actually walking and fighting stone men. I was overly impressed by all of this. So once he gets by all of them he has to find fight this little kid. And one of the greatest lines of the movie is when they talk about how the little kid is 80 years old. Well he looks liek 40 so it isn't as far off as some movies would go. Now this "kid" pulls out some of the craziest styles I have ever seen and performs them very well.
   
   After he gets the book we get a VERY emotialnal moment and i gotta give kuo big ups on that. SO mang fei with his invincible body that can beat down stone warriors at will goes to fight mark long. And ghostface killer comes at him hard. I have to be honest, if the finale was literally ANYONE else than mark long, this movie would have gotten a 4 stars. He is so beaituful to watch, trained and recruited by Kuo straight frmo the taiwanese opera, him and his brother help round out the list of the GREATEST stars that kung fu has ever seen. And teh skillful and way hot Jeannie cheng is in this as jack long's daughter and we also get to see her in action in the final fight. So the finale is better than it should be and the ending is oh so weird. And there is a part early in the movie with a frog that got the wtf award for sure, but they do actually try to explain this in an incredibely weird ending.
   
   Have fun watching this, don't expect 7 grandmasters. They rob you of a good mark, jack long fight, but you do get one, better than nothing, right?



4. I really enjoyed this movie,,,,,I though It started off kinda slow,,,but the old school kung fu absolutely made up for it. The story carries a tight plot,,the cinematography and choregraphy well done,,,,I do agree with my amazon collague,,this flick appears to be on a fixed butget,,which is as hugh surprize, considering it casted Mark and Jack long,,and directed by the famous Joseph Kuo. But be not detoured,,this is a must have for the collect, definately a gem!!

5 comments about The One-Armed Swordsman.

1. Jimmy Wang Yu starred in many Shaw Bros. swordplay films in the 1960s, but it was THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967), directed by the prolific Chang Cheh, that put him on the map as the leading action star of Hong Kong cinema at the time and shifted the direction of HK sword films to a harder-edged, bloodier style with a greater emphasis on martial arts. It was the first film of its type to stress the training aspect of swordplay and gives the hero a half-burned manual which teaches him left-hand sword techniques after his right arm had been chopped off in a jealous pique by his master's beautiful but impetuous daughter. Having gone into hiding with a loyal farm girl (whose father had been a swordsman and was the original owner of the manual), Wang Yu goes back into action, after the requisite training period, to aid his former master when his school comes under attack from evil swordsmen led by Long-Armed Devil and Smiling Face.

   The villains have a lethal device on their swords which locks on to the sword of their opponent and enables them to deliver the killing blow with a dagger held in their right hands as they fight. Only Wang Yu's broken sword (left to him by his dead father, who was killed when he was a boy) can counteract the effects of the sword-lock.

   Wang Yu had the proper dark and brooding quality for such a role and he is well served by the violent, bleak tone of the film. He returned to the role in one official sequel, the nonstop slaughterfest, THE RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1968), and later went to a rival studio to star in ONE-ARMED BOXER (1971). Shaw Bros. countered with THE NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1971), starring David Chiang in the title role, which had less intensity and more spectacle.




2. OK if you have never seen this movie and are interested in classic kung-fu movies, by all means get this release, the quality is great. My complaint is that the Weinstein company lied about the special features. I already owned a great region 3 copy of this film, and was surprised to see that the new American release had commentary by Quentin Tarantino, which is stated on the package. I know that he is a big Shaw bros fan and was interested in hearing his insight on the film. I could care less about the film scholars opinions as they don't really state anything a fan wouldn't already know. Well the DVD does NOT have commentary by him, and my purchase was completely pointless. This review is to mainly to warn others out-there like myself who are huge fans that might also be considering purchasing this version for that reason.



3. The Weinstein Company has to be commended for finally releasing "The One-Armed Swordsman" completely restored on DVD. The video and audio restoration that went into this release is truly amazing. This 1967 Martial Arts Classic is presented in it's 2.35:1 Widescreen format and is enhanced for 16x9 televisions. This is without a doubt the best version of "The One-Armed Swordsman" I've ever seen. The video transfer is just spectacular and the colors are sharp and vibrant. The sound is clean and crisp albeit in mono. The sound options include original Mandarin or English dubbed version and choice of Subtitles. The special features I found most interesting were the Interview with Jimmy Wang Yu and the Stills Gallery and Trailer Gallery. Sadly the commentary of Quentin Tarantino listed on the rear cover under the special features section of the DVD is missing. Martial Arts fans will be amazed by the incredible quality of this release and the non-stop blood filled action. The One-Armed Swordsman is filled with magnificent swordplay,incredible Kung Fu and it's a definite must see for any fan of the Kung Fu genre. Outstanding Martial Arts Movie, Highly Recommend !!
   
   DVD Bonus Features:
   * Feature commentary by film scholars David Chute and Andy Klein
   * Interview with Star Jimmy Wang Yu
   * Interview with film scholars David Chute and Andy Klein
   * The Master: Chang Cheh
   * Stills gallery
   * Trailer gallery
   * Commentator biographies



4. What a film! The One-Armed Swordsman is the story of a humble student who in a terrible "accident" loses his right arm and is then forced to make tough decissions on where his life will go from there. Jimmy Wang Yu is fantastic as our lead and uses incredibly great facial expressions and body language to support the emotional beats thrown his way(best performance of his career in fact). The direction by the legendary Chang Cheh is some of his best as well with quite a few of the most beautifully shot scenes I've ever scene in the genre. The incredible thing about that is the film is almost exclusively shot on sets which when teamed with Chehs direction gives the entire film almost a surreal fairy tale quality. Now the effects are a little dodgy at times but when taking into consideration that this was released in 1967 it is easily forgivable (and makes them actually pretty good overall). The choreography and fights also aren't much to get overly excited about but that's never really been Wang Yus strongest trait anyways (that's why fighting with one-arm works well to help discuise his already shaky skills)... this one puts great acting, story, and themes at the forefront making it a classic movie for all viewers rather than just a must-see for genre fans alone. Much like Dragon Dynasty's other Shaw Bros. release "King Boxer," the movie is truly a early work of art filled with so many influential elements (it helped create the entire one-armed martial arts sub-genre) that you watch it in awe whether it's your first or tenth time seeing it.



5. One Armed Swordsman is an excellent film that combines drama, great story telling, and action. It's rare to find any type of action film that keeps you gripped without introducing another fighting scene for the sake of it.
   
   The main character loses his right arm in an accident. He's forced to physically and mentally deal with being crippled forever. There is also another plot taking place that deals with revenge. This also adds a great deal to the story and is pulled off very well.
   
   The characters are well acted and Wang Yu's performance stands out the most. He delivers some very powerful scenes. There is also a good deal of character development. It's very hard not to feel the main characters plight and I found myself waiting impatiently for the villians to finally get theirs. The action scenes are pretty good, very well coordinated and some good gore. Another strength is the fighting happens for reasons. Multiple fight scenes aren't being used to cover up a poorly written plot.
   
   The transfer is done to perfection. This is a huge plus because it brings out the best in the scenery. Which is beautiful to say the least. And the well orchestrated music score. I also enjoyed the short documentary The Master: Chang Cheh which runs for almost 20 minutes. The commentary by Quentin Tarantino is not added but I'm not bothered by that at all.
   
   This was a great buy for me. And I'm sure anyone looking for a good film to watch most likely won't be disappointed.