THE PROTECTORS is a rather unusual action adventure from the Shaw Brothers studio, insomuch as the running time is a scant hour. Nonetheless plenty of plot twists and turns are packed into said running time so that you don't really feel that anything is being missed out, and in addition there's a wealth of fun fight scenes to keep this moving quickly from beginning to end. It marks one of the last times that Lo Lieh would play a hero for the studio and he's a delight here (I may be a bit biased given that Lieh is one of my all-time favourite stars). The bad guy is slimy and hissable and Wu Ma's direction solid, with plenty of neat flourishes in the fast-moving action. In essence, there's nothing not to like about this brief and speedy adventure flick that does it all, and at speed.
Review of The Protectors
