Crippled Avengers

Original title: Can que

19781978
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1h 44m

Three men, crippled by an evil warlord, become friends and learn kung fu with the help of an old teacher and his idiot pupil.Three men, crippled by an evil warlord, become friends and learn kung fu with the help of an old teacher and his idiot pupil.Three men, crippled by an evil warlord, become friends and learn kung fu with the help of an old teacher and his idiot pupil.

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A wealthy kung fu expert, who is turned bitter and evil by the slaying of his wife and the loss of his son's hands, bullies a town through terror and force. They find pleasure and satisfaction by crippling those who stumble in their way. Four of those who are crippled, a hawker who is blinded, a blacksmith made mute and deaf, a drifter who loses his legs, and a fighter who loses his sanity, band together to use their disabilities to the best of their advantage. The four are tested time and time again, and demonstrate their strengths and abilities. —Chris Castellano <Chris_Castellano@Engelhard.com>

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Trivia
The film was spoofed in Futurama: The Series Has Landed (1999), which an arcade game called "Mortal Kooperation" is seen and the arcade game mocks this film.

Alternate versions
German version was cut by ca. 16 minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating.

Connections
Featured in The Cinema Snob: The Crippled Avengers (2015)

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NOT a sequel and slow start up as well

This movie has two major problems. First despite what the DVD and VHS covers say it is NOT a sequel to "Five Deadly Venoms". About the only thing it has in connection with "Five Deadly Venoms" is the main cast and director. Everything else is different and as a result anyone who is expecting a true sequel to "Five Deadly Venoms" will be sadly disappointed.

This wouldn't be that big a problem if the movie went straight into the action but here too the movie differs from "Five Deadly Venoms". Only after four of the characters are crippled are they trained and then it is not in the venom styles. That all said the fighting scenes that do happen are top notch but they and the movie would have been better served by a tighter storyline and not being called a sequel to "Five Deadly Venoms".

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