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Lü si niang chuang shao lin

  • 19761976
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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Lü si niang chuang shao lin (1976)
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The Shaolin Temple has been called the Temple of Divine Combat. Within the walls of this legendary temple are perhaps some of the most powerful and mastered martial arts fighters in the worl... Read allThe Shaolin Temple has been called the Temple of Divine Combat. Within the walls of this legendary temple are perhaps some of the most powerful and mastered martial arts fighters in the world. Shaolin Death Squads deals with these relentless monks of combat and their struggle to ... Read allThe Shaolin Temple has been called the Temple of Divine Combat. Within the walls of this legendary temple are perhaps some of the most powerful and mastered martial arts fighters in the world. Shaolin Death Squads deals with these relentless monks of combat and their struggle to keep the Shaolin temple from being overthrown by the evil Qing Emepror Yung Cheng.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
33
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  • Director
    • Shao-Peng Chen
  • Writers
    • Dan Ng(script)
    • Kuang Ni(script)
    • Shi-Li Wang(script)
  • Stars
    • Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan
    • Carter Wong
    • Cliff Lok
  • Director
    • Shao-Peng Chen
  • Writers
    • Dan Ng(script)
    • Kuang Ni(script)
    • Shi-Li Wang(script)
  • Stars
    • Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan
    • Carter Wong
    • Cliff Lok
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    Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan
    Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan
      Carter Wong
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      Cliff Lok
      Cliff Lok
      Fei Lung
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      Chia-Hsiang Wu
      Chia-Hsiang Wu
      Phillip Ko
      Phillip Ko
      Fong Lung
      Fong Lung
      Wei-Ho Tu
      Sung-Chao Yu
      Te-Shan Wu
      Fei-Lung Huang
      Chang Ma
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      Shi-Li Wang
        Fa-Yuan Li
        Fa-Yuan Li
        Wei Yang
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        Chang-Wen Hsieh
        Ching-Shun Mao
        Hou-Chun Hsia
        • Director
          • Shao-Peng Chen
        • Writers
          • Dan Ng(script)
          • Kuang Ni(script)
          • Shi-Li Wang(script)
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        5/10
        Who came up with the title? Did they even glance at a script or the dailies?
        Many of the 1970s-'80s chopsocky flicks crossed the Pacific under titles with little relation to what's in the production you'd watch. That's why I keep checking my prior IMDb ratings when looking for new kicks (literal and figurative) from vintage Asian offerings, since titles rarely trigger memories of the stories within. This is another example of the dissonance.

        Most would expect a movie called Shaolin Death Squad to include large doses of monks at a temple - training sequences; moral and philosophical musings from the elders; perhaps a bit of horseplay among the disciples; and a rousing climactic battle showcasing the superb kung fu they'd just learned before our very eyes.

        Wellll, on that quartet of criteria, this one bats 0-for-4. What we get is an average political plotting and resistance tale with a bevy of decidedly non-monkular (just made that up; hope you like it) protagonists, who only briefly enlist the help of a posse of no-name Shaolinians for one measly fight scene. Even then, they're relegated to the margins for most of that engagement. Almost as hard to find Shaolin fighting as it is to find bows and arrows in the Brave Archer series.

        Still OK to watch. Just don't expect Grasshopper, or anyone like him, to grace your viewing experience.
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        • Release date
          • December 4, 1976 (Taiwan)
        • Country of origin
          • Hong Kong
        • Language
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • Shaolin Death Squad
        • Production company
          • First Films
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 17 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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