Leofwine_draca
I saw this Taiwanese-lensed kung fu story under the title TWO GREAT CAVALIERS. The heroic duo are played by Angela Mao and John Liu, who between then made many such films during the late '70s. As a film this offers plentiful action and a fair amount of plotting, with enough villainous behaviour and shifting allegiances to make it worth a watch.As usual, the film is let down by a very low budget just about big enough to hire the actors and costumes but not much else. The fights are watchable but not the best this genre has to offer. Mao and Liu play two heroes who team up to help protect some Ming rebels from the avenging Manchu overlords. Beardy has a supporting role as a villain who gets injured, undergoes acupuncture treatment, and then has a change of heart by the film's climax. Chen Sing is the blackest of black villains and the climax is an impressive four-on-one kick fest as the heroes team up to bring him down. Watch out for his green hand technique!
ebiros2
Although she starred in over 30 kung-fu movies, it's difficult to find Angela Mao's movie these days. She has this school girl kind of looks that makes her unique even amongst many Hong Kong actresses. She's no different in this movie.A girl named Cheng (Lam Mei Ling) is chased by band of assassins (Their appearance reminds me of magic monkey) and Yung Cheng (John Liu) becomes her bodyguard until the middle of the story. Su Yuen (Angela Mao) is never too far behind Yung Ching and hearing that he's been poisoned by the assassins goes out to find him with a man in white clad named Bai Lung Sing. In the end Su Yuen, Yung Cheng, and Bai Lung Sing confronts the boss of the assassin clan,There's kung-fu action in every turn of the story between good and the bad, and good and the good. In this sense, this movie follows the classic kung-fu movie format.Not at all bad kung-fu action picture with of course lots of action by Angela Mao as well.Worth the watch.
phillip-58
Its hard to judge this film. First the Crash DVD uses an old marked print that badly needs cleaning up, and some pretty poor dubbing. Still they can't be held responsible for an unbelievable story and editing that often jumps all over the place. Buts let get to the good bits. First it features Angela Mao, John Liu (on superb form) and Leung Kar-Yan (Beardy) at the beginning and end. Shut Chung-Tin plays The Flying Knife who wants to kill John Liu for reasons not entirely clear. Man Kong Lung plays John Liu's 'brother. Lam Mei Wing plays the beautiful love interest and finally Cheng Sing the great main villain who only really appears at the very beginning and end. There are several twists and turns but no great surprises. I disagree with the other reviewer in that I thought the final fight with John Liu, Angela and Leung Kar-Yan (and their 'master') worth waiting for. John Liu is in real kicking form. The fights are many throughout this film and though not first rate, worth watching for John Liu and Angela Mao (and another I can't identify with a great silver sparkly cloak) in great action. Perhaps one for the kung fu addict but I've seen much, much worse and John Liu in this sort of form is worth 90 minutes of anyone's time.
drngor
This old-style kung fu movie from the 1970s stars John Liu, a famous super kicker and Angela Mao, one of the greatest kung fu fighting females in the business. The plot is the typical "Ming patriot vs. Ching government" story. The movie starts out great, with John and Angela getting in a lot of good fights. The movie then slows down a bit and never quite regains the original momentum. The final battle is disappointing. A decent film but not a classic.