Mercenaries from Hong Kong (English version)
Shawscope Volume Two • Action, Adventure
1982 • Hong Kong • Directed by Wong Jing
Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task which consists of who's who of the Shaw Brother's action stars (Lo Lieh, Johnny Wang Lung Wei, Wong Yue, Chan Wei Man and comedy relief Nat Chan). However once they arrived for the mission nothing is what it seems with the standard plot-twists and turns as we find out who's the traitor among the group.
Up Next in Shawscope Volume Two
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The Boxer's Omen (Cantonese version)
1983 • Hong Kong • Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung
After suffering an injury in the ring, embattled boxer Zhen Wei enlists the aid of his brother, Zhen Xiong, to avenge him and find the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. Black wizards, Taoist monks, rampaging monster...
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Martial Arts of Shaolin (Mandarin ver...
1986 • Hong Kong • Directed by Lau Kar-leung
In ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.
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Cinema Hong Kong: Sword Fighting
Cinema Hong Kong: Sword Fighting, a documentary on the history of the wuxia genre and Shaw Brothers’ contributions to it, produced by Celestial Pictures in 2003 and featuring interviews with Cheng Pei-pei, Gordon Liu, Lau Kar-leung, John Woo, Sammo Hung, Kara Hui, David Chiang and others.
