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The Heroic Ones (1970)
Directed by Chang Cheh
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A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals to embark on the mission. However, jealously amongst them sparks a treacherous family feud that could lead to catastrophic consequences for all involved.
Rated NR | Length 121 minutes
Actors
David Chiang | Ti Lung | Lily Li Li-Li | Ku Feng | Sing Chen | Chin Han | Pao Chia-Wen | Lo Wai | James Nam Gung-Fan | Lau Gong | Sung Tuan | Wong Pau-Gei | Wang Kuang-Yu | Chuan Chen | Lau Kar-Wing | Wong Chung | Hung Sing-Chung | Lan Wei-Lieh | Bolo Yeung | Cliff Lok | Gam Tin-Chue | Philip Ko | Yuen Yat-Choh | Hao Li-Jen
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/08/2019 | Home Theater | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Ti Lung and David Chiang make great co-stars in this massive, historical battle film which has hundreds of extras all over the place. The Peace River Bridge stand by Ti Lung is great, as is the surprise attack on the King’s castle where Chiang’s character makes an epic defense. The horse quartering scene is also pretty grisly and epic.
4 years ago
Surprised I haven’t seen this one (and I don’t own it!). Are you doing a Chang Cheh project?
4 years ago
I’m always surprised when I watch one of these and discover you haven’t already logged it! Often our comments will mirror each other’s too.
Yeah, I decided to watch as many of his films as I could find on Amazon, in order of release.
The ones that are dubbed instead of subbed irritate me but at least the prints are in really nice shape and in the right aspect ratio. You can never count on the DVDs from Netflix not being a pan and scan so I gave up on them years ago. I wish I could own a lot of these on Blu but so many of them aren’t released. Even the DVDs are pricey where they exist in a lot of cases.
4 years ago
Yes, I have noticed our notes are similar and sometimes nearly identical. :) Cheh is my most viewed director but I’m glad there’s still films of his to watch and that many of them exist on Prime. Many I need to revisit since I initially watched them on El Rey Network, which wasn’t ideal.
I was buying a few of the HK imports via eBay sellers but like you noted it’s pricey. What’s worse is that most of these won’t continue to get produced or get Blu treatment as interest wanes in HK for physical media.
4 years ago
Agreed. I picked up a couple of Dragon Dynasty DVD sets today from 2nd and Charles for that very reason.
4 years ago
I’m surprised that there hasn’t been any upgraded boxsets with the Shaw films. 88 Films has the newest catalog of Shaw films yet it’s mostly horror and random. Do you recall a few years ago when there was this big announcement about how many of the Shaw films were getting restored and were going back to theaters for special screenings? Nothing ever came of it (it was the year when they had a few Shaw screenings at FF). I know that’s why so many of the films appeared on Amazon w/good transfers but no other news since.
4 years ago
Yeah, that’s what kept me from buying a bunch of them on DVD as well, and now many of them are out of print or hard to find. I really need to get a region-free player so I can take advantage of the foreign labels.