1977 battle wizard movie
Rating: 10/20
Plot: Battle wizards battle wizard it out!
This was on an old "must see" list, and that was without even knowing that the main villain is named Yellow Robe Man. This Shaw Brothers production is less a kung-fu movie and more of a wizard thing with characters talking about kung-fu but shooting each other with laser fingers or Palpatine-esque lightning bolts, women who attack with poisonous snakes, men who gain powers via the swallowing of a poisonous toad, a guy in a gorilla suit, a Yellow Robe Man who shoots fire from his mouth, and my favorite character, a guy with some sort of half-a-lobster-claw who is apparently metallic. That's right--this is nuts!
The plot doesn't make a great deal of sense. There's some threatened incest within your typical revenge plot, and I was completely lost once a new clan came into the picture. Actually, I think I was lost the entire time, but it was worth it when my wife came in during the climactic battle scene to hear her "What the hell are you watching?"
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