1970 kung-fuRating: 11/20
Plot: A swordsman wanders. Eventually, he wanders a little too far and into a robbery scheme of "Fail-Safe" Kung Wu and his posse--a guy with a whip, some guys with swords, a guy with these huge gold fist things. Leap, Wandering Swordsman! Leap!
Not great fight choreography and really stupid-looking wire stuff (these characters are bouncing all over the place, defying the laws of gravity in really cheap-looking ways), but enough blood and fun to make this another worthwhile Kung-Fu-riday venture. At one point, our hero is fighting dozens of men with a sword sticking all the way through him, a sword which he actually uses to kill a couple guys while it's still protruding from his abdomen. That's pretty badass! I liked the hero in this (David Chiang plays him), but the bad guy characterization didn't work. Neither did the romance. Fun little Shaw Bros. flick regardless.
Look at how much I enjoy Kung-Fu-Riday!
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