Opium Kung Fu

 

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OPIUM AND THE KUNG FU MASTER-aka LIGHTENING FISTS OF SHAOLIN-1984-Tieh (Lung Ti; THE SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN (1977)) is the leader of a Chinese militia and martial arts teacher. A master turns his place into an opium den. Many of the men become addicts, abandoning their wives, losing their jobs and generally slacking off. Ti is defeated by his nemesis Yung Feng (Kuan Ti Chen) because of his own addiction to opium. After his son is killed, a blind priest helps Ti break his habit. He goes through the usual back breaking retraining. In a rematch, Tieh not only has to fight Yung but his two henchmen who have huge shields. 

The movie features some great fights but the strangest part is that a kind of comedic character becomes an addict, leading to the deaths of his wife and children and his suicide. One of three movies actor Tang Chia (SHOALIN INTRUDERS (1983)) directed for the Shaw Brothers.

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Everyone's Kung-Fu Fighting Again!

SHAOLIN INTRUDERS-1983-A gambler (Tung-Shing Yee)  and a fighter (Jason Pai Piao)  known as "master of the golden sword" investigate a murder blamed on a woman. The deaths all seem to have been committed by Shaolin martial artists but that should be impossible. A renegade Shaolin monk seeking revenge is to blame. The woman is his daughter and is actually helping him ("Evil bitch! I'm gonna kill you!"). This period piece has great fights especially the crazed bloody finale! This was one of only three features directed by legendary martial arts stunt choreographer Chia Tang

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