The General's son Yang escapes a massacre at his home that subsequently sees a corrupt, criminal syndicate in charge of the local forces. Seeking shelter with four good friends who are street performers, Yang plots his revenge though refuses to acknowledge the fearsome odds he faces. The quartet try to convince him to bide his time, but the young avenger sneaks into his former home and, after a battle against a few top fighters, is killed by their leader. When Yang's friends discover his tragic fate, they devise a way of defeating the killers without having to face their mighty army directly.
Stunts
The pole-climbing fight sequences are genuinely dangerous-looking.
Practical Effects
No wires, no CGI—just the Venom Mob doing impossible things.
Direction
Chang Cheh's final Venom film, brutally efficient.
Director
Chang Cheh
Phillip Kwok Chui
Liang Guoren
Chiang Sheng
Chen Feng
Lu Feng
Fu Quanyi
Sun Chien
Xinzheng
Lo Meng
Yang Daying
Wong Lik
Commander Han Peichang
Chan Shen
Chief of Staff Xu
Tony Tam Chun-To
Yuan Biao, Bodyguard #1
Yu Tai-Ping
Lin Zhen, Bodyguard #3
Yang Hsiung
Bodyguard #2
Ng Hong-Sang
Deputy Zhang
Walter Tso Tat-Wah
Liang Chuan
Hsiao Yu
Yang Daxiang
Wang Han-Chen
Division Commander Yang
Lau Fong-Sai
Soldier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Chang Cheh's final collaboration with the Venom Mob before his career declined in the 1980s.
The 'five element' pole formations reference actual Ming military tactics, filtered through Peking opera tradition. Chang Cheh researched this obsessively.
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