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6.3/10   57 votes
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Kuang Ni (writer)
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1981 (USA) more
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As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver... more | add synopsis
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A mixed treat more (1 total)

Cast

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David Chiang ... Li Cheng-ying
Ping Chen ... Li Meng-ping
Lieh Lo ... Ling Hao
Wai-Man Chan ... Kun Shih (as Hui-Min Chen)
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Lak Apichat
Shen Chan ... Fang Yun-piao
Hsia Hsu ... Li's student
Kara Hui ... Li's student
Kuang Lo
Wai Lo
Yung-sheng Pan
Li-wei Shen
Te Hsiang Teng
Austin Wai
Dick Wei ... Li Pai (as Tu Lung)
Chi Ming Wong
Yuen-shun Wu
Karen Yeh ... Lin Yueh-ching (as Yeh Ling-chih)
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Shaolin Handlock (International: English title) (USA) (video title)
Handlock (USA) (dubbed version)
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A mixed treat, 5 January 2008
6/10
Author: phillip-58 from United Kingdom

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This film by director Ho Meng Hua has a lot going for it. David Chiang in great form, backed up by Michael Chan, Lo Lieh and even Kara Hui (very briefly as a doomed pupil). The background is a beautiful Thailand for a change and several of the fights, particularly at the end are imaginative and pretty brutal, especially in the old warehouse where David and Michael have to defeat every trick Lo Lieh can throw at them (some obvious wire work though). But the let down is the ludicrous plot with more coincidences than a Dicken's novel and some real over acting, especially by Karen Yip playing the blind mother. It was Shum Lee Mei's only film and to be honest you can see why! It seems to be set in the 60's (though made in 1978) but its hard to tell as anomalies abound. Watcheable if you skip to the end scenes. There is a brief full nude scene near the beginning - for no good plot reason that's for sure - though the actual prostitute appears again later to reveal David Chiang's double nature.

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