Around the time of the Lau Kar Leung era with movies like Heroes of the East,and 36th Chamber.Director Huang Feng directs his own version about Shaolin monks and Warlords in Shaolin Plot.Huang Feng is famous for his movies worldwide like Hapkido,When Tae Kwon Do Strikes,Bandits from Shantung,Stoner The Tournament,Himalayan.If you seen those films you know that Feng does not dissapoint and brings action to the table.
Chen Sing is the baddie in this one and it is one of his best bad guy roles as Prince Daglen who is a warlord and wants to take over the martial world by taking on all the clans including Wutang and Shaolin.James Tien plays the son of one of the clan members whose manual is with him and does not want them to have it.He escapes and takes seclusion in Shaolin Temple.
There are many appereances by many famous martial arts actors in the 70s and 80s they include:Wong Hap,Lam Ching Yin,Kam Kong,Meng Hoi,Yuen Wah,Chung Fat,Yuen Biao,Stephen tung.Sammo is one of the supporting villian characters and action director.It is one of the few films that he's a baddie and his wardrobe is different from his movies.Iron Monkey's Yen Shi Kwan is one of the Emperor's bodyguards along with martial arts actor and stuntman Chin Yuet Sang.As for the good guys the two famous Korean kickers Casanova Wong and Kwan Yung Moon play Shaolin Monks and boy do they show their kicking skills.
This movie definitely gives a run to many Chang Cheh movies and Sun Chung movies a run for their money.Along with the John Woo masterpiece Last Hurrah For Chivalry.It is a Wuxia all the way with hand to hand combat,and weaponry fighting.A Golden Harvest Classic for sure and to be in your Kung Fu collection.
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