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1983 (Hong Kong)
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Deadly Shaolin Longfist (which I found on a cheap DVD titled "Offensive Shaolin Longfist") is, to be plain, terrible. It doesn't have any really toe-cringing elements, but it doesn't have anything good, either. Elton Chong as the insecure and constantly giggling screw-up who miraculously turns into a kung fu master after two days of training is only tiresome and laughable to watch, and the story itself is a complete mess with hardly any plot.
Your patience starts to wear thin as the final half hour of this thankfully short movie creeps up on you, but then the big climactic fight scenes come along. And yes, that's "scenes"; plural, because there are several over the last twenty minutes of constant fighting. First the three heroes fight the bad guys separately, then they fight the apparent bad guy together, all three having to work together to vanquish him. And *then*, the *real* bad guy shows up, and the three heroes have to fight him in a long and impressive sequence.
Still, even this big final collection of decent fight scenes cannot save the movie from being clearly below average. Storywise, it deserves a "3" rating, but I'll raise that to a "4" because of the impressive climax.