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1981 (USA) morePlot:
As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast) | David Chiang | ... | Li Cheng-ying |
| Ping Chen | ... | Li Meng-ping |
| Lieh Lo | ... | Ling Hao |
| Wai-Man Chan | ... | Kun Shih (as Hui-Min Chen) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| 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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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.