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Rating: 6 stars

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All movies seen on 03/19/2013

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Shaolin Iron Claws (1978)

Directed by Shih Hao Ko

Action | Eastern

Overview

A corrupt Shaolin assassin, a master in Iron Claws, is hired to threaten members of the Ching Dynasty into resigning a secret letter for the restoration of the monarchy. The plot is unravelled when a police chief captures one of the assailants. The Shaolin Iron Master must be destroyed…

Length 86 minutes

Actors

Don Wong Tao | Li Yi-Min | Sing Chen | Chang Yi | Hwa Ling | Ching Kuo-Chung | Chang Chi-Ping | Chen I-Ho | Yeh Hsiao-Yee | Hsiang Mei-Lung | Chi Fu-Chiang | Pao-Shan Chang | Shih Ting-Ken | Chang Chung-Kui | Cheung Tai-Lun | Chu Li | Clement Yeh Chao-Hsu | Pei De-Yun | Peter Chang Chi-Long | Ho Hing-Nam

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Third film on that kung-fu flipper DVD from Netflix… and closer to my tastes with some excellent fight choreography and good cast. Don Wong is excellent as the master of the iron claw but the female leads are pretty good.

Unfortunately the film suffers from a convoluted plot that even reading about it beforehand I still didn’t understand the story. At least the finale makes it all worth it with three excellent fights in a row.

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