This sword-filled thriller centers on the title location-an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings.
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Shaw Bros. Spotlight It should come as no surprise that family is as important a factor in…
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Six Assassins– Another Story of Revenge Against Ignobility
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputA magician-warrior protects a man from an ambush, not knowing of his true villainous nature.
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Uninhibited youth Zhang Chun and his friends David and Mary, while cruising on their car, meets rich heiress Wen Rou. Chun and Rou fall in love at first sight and begin dating.
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Asia-Pol a Kung fu ’60s Spy Genre from the Shaw Bros. Studio
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Weekend Spotlight Historically, not many non-Chinese directors had the privilege of working within the Shaw…
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‘The Boxer from Shantung’ Does Not Aim High Enough
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputAnyone who has seen just a few Shaw martial arts films has noticed a trend: all of…
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‘The Boxer from Shantung’ Doesn’t Aim High Enough
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight Anyone who has seen just a few Shaw martial arts films has noticed a…
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‘The Magnificent Swordsman’ Recycles from the Past but Feels Fresh and New
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight At what point should movie watchers applaud a film which borrows heavily from other…
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Hsu Tseng-Hung’s ‘King Cat’ Features one of the Best Stories of any Shaw Bros. Film
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight Honour can be a tremendously important element between great warriors of high ranking. While…
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‘The Thundering Sword’ Features a Fantastic Showcase for Chang Pei-pei
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight Heroes behaving virtuously and villains relishing in evildoing are the archetypical behaviours of characters…
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Chang Che’s ‘The Heroic Ones’ is Magnificent at Times
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight Every so often one watches a film that simply must be accepted on its…
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‘Lady Snowblood’— the Revenge Tale that Inspired Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill’
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight On a windy, wintry night deep inside a prison cell for female inmates, with…
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Revisiting ‘Golden Swallow’ Chang Cheh’s 1968 sequel to ‘Come Drink With Me’
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight Who has never watched a film a second, third, or even fourth time and…
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‘The Invincible Fist’ is Chock-Full of Stylistic Action
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight The Invincible Fist (Lo Lieh) is a government-assigned bounty hunter whose latest mission is…
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‘Five Deadly Venoms’ Doesn’t Live Up to the Heights of its Lofty Status as a Cult Favourite
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight Despite what great films have been reviewed in the column, few have, thus far,…
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‘Twelve Gold Medallions’ Features Some Stunningly Visceral Fights
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight It would be a bit of a stretch to argue that the Shaw Brothers…
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Virtually everything about Web of Death sends it crashing through the believability barrier, even by Shaw standards.
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‘Duel for Gold’ is a Heist Film Fused with Unmistakable Shaw Brother’s Action
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputShaw Bros. Spotlight A heist film presents a host of wonderful potentialities to engage a viewer. There…
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‘Come Drink With Me’ Comes Strongly Recommended
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputCome Drink With Me is a film that clearly has ambition, playing the game by its own rules.
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‘Lady of Steel’ is Typical Shaw Bros. and Certainly Lacks No Action
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputLady of Steel is aided by a cleverly devised script, but by typical Shaw Brothers standards, it does not excel when it comes to the fight sequences.
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