Mercenaries From Hong Kong (1982)

Before Sylvester Stallone's Expendables,before Eastern Condors,there came an ensemble cast from the East known as the Mercenaries from Hong Kong.This one has the baddest of the Shaw Brothers stars.Led by Ti Lung,Lo Lieh,Johny Wang Lung Wei,Chan Wai Man,Wong Yu,Phillip Ko.Another related movie like this one that was made in Hong Kong in the 80s was the Golden Harvest movie Eastern Condors with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao

In this movie all of the Shaw Stars mentioned team up to go on a mission in Thailand.They have many different skills that makes them team players,like hand to hand combat,weapons trained,explosive trained.There are all types of action from kung fu to weapons and explosions.Phillip Ko,Yueh Wah,Ngaai Fei and Lee Hoi San play the villians and do a great job at it.

There are three famous action directors to choreograph the action scenes:Tong Gaai(Shaolin Prince),Yuen Bun(Kill a Mastermind),and Wong Pau Gei (Avenging Eagle)

This film is directed by the famous director Wong Jing(Kung Fu Cult Master,City Hunter,Future X Cops)