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Raiders of the Shaolin Temple (1982)

Directed by Hao Fang

Action | Eastern

Overview

The plot centers on Little Lu (Sonny Yu) who tends horses for the local Shaolin temple, and wants to learn skills that will help him defeat some corrupt officials who want to destroy it. He has a couple of friends (one with no arms, the other with no legs) who help him train using some bronze mechanical horses in a secret room in the temple.

Length 89 minutes

Actors

Sonny Yue | Pai Ying | Wei Pin-ao | Chan Siu-Pang | Sam Chung-Chuen | Thomas Hong Chiu-Ming

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
08/09/2014TVStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Even though it was a dubbed and cropped print, this was a pretty enjoyable movie. Worth watching for the 24 mechanical horses scenes and the final battle if nothing else. Would love to see a restored widescreen print in the original language sometime.

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