My favorite movie as a kid, that I used to watch on "Kung Fu Theatre" on Sundays, involved a guy who fought with a 3-section staff. He belonged to some evil group of kung fu guys, but quit when they killed some chick. He ended up teaming up with her husband (who fought with a pair of knives) to take out the evil group.
I haven't seen this in like 35 years and I totally want to see it again, but I don't even know the title. Can anyone help?
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My favorite movie as a kid, that I used to watch on "Kung Fu Theatre" on Sundays, involved a guy who fought with a 3-section staff. He belonged to some evil group of kung fu guys, but quit when they killed some chick. He ended up teaming up with her husband (who fought with a pair of knives) to take out the evil group.
I haven't seen this in like 35 years and I totally want to see it again, but I don't even know the title. Can anyone help?
That's Avenging Eagles (1978) with Alexander Fu Sheng and Ti Lung.
I actually have both the Celestial R3 DVD from years ago and the Dragon Dynasty DVD that came after. Both were struck from the remastered prints which are gorgeous, the Dragon Dynasty is Region 1 and will play in DVD players made in the US and Canada and also has the dub.
The R3 might be a little hard to find and is LONG out of print. The Dragon Dynasty one you should be able to find on Amazon.com.
Blood brothers....
Is that the one with the three brothers(one of whom was vegetarian) who fought with three different weapons? Long stick nunchuks and butterfly knives?
All but one died at the end.
Nah but I dont think you're far off the mark. That sounds like another Chang Cheh (who did direct Blood Brothers) flick that came later but the name escapes me at the moment.
EDIT: Nope. Still dont remember the name of the movie but the more I think about it it's not the Chang Cheh movie I was thinking about...
If you can remember the movie that would be wonderful. I've been looking for it for 20 years, if not more.
If it helps, treachery brought one of them down, an explosive tip was put in one of their weapons, killing one of them during a training exercise.
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If you can remember the movie that would be wonderful. I've been looking for it for 20 years, if not more.
If it helps, treachery brought one of them down, an explosive tip was put in one of their weapons, killing one of them during a training exercise.
HAHA I know EXACTLY what movie that was and it WAS the movie I was thinking about initially. That's MAGNIFICENT RUFFIANS one of Chang Cheh's best with Kuo Chui, Cheng Sheng, Lo Mang and Lu Feng. The Main Bad Guy (Lu Feng) uses a golden Guan Dao against his foes.
When it was shown here in the US on Drive in Movie here in NY specifically it was called THE DESTROYERS but MAGNIFICENT RUFFIANS is the actual name of the movie. Again I have the Region 3 remaster of it and I think there's a Region 1 bootleg available under the name The Destroyers with the English dub on Ebay and or Amazon.
Thanks, Shin!
Of course, Netflix doesn't have it for streaming or on DVD, so I put it on my Amazon wish list. Hopefully someone will see it there come Christmas time...
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If you can remember the movie that would be wonderful. I've been looking for it for 20 years, if not more.
If it helps, treachery brought one of them down, an explosive tip was put in one of their weapons, killing one of them during a training exercise.
HAHA I know EXACTLY what movie that was and it WAS the movie I was thinking about initially. That's MAGNIFICENT RUFFIANS one of Chang Cheh's best with Kuo Chui, Cheng Sheng, Lo Mang and Lu Feng. The Main Bad Guy (Lu Feng) uses a golden Guan Dao against his foes.
When it was shown here in the US on Drive in Movie here in NY specifically it was called THE DESTROYERS but MAGNIFICENT RUFFIANS is the actual name of the movie. Again I have the Region 3 remaster of it and I think there's a Region 1 bootleg available under the name The Destroyers with the English dub on Ebay and or Amazon.
I am weeping with joy.
Thank you both so much.
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Follow-Up: Thanks where due:
Thanks to the Shaw Brothers for making so many awesome movies.
Thanks to Kung Fu Theatre on Sundays, for showing me this movie as a kid.
Thanks to ShinHakkaider, who gave me the title after all these years looking for it.
Thanks to Mrs Gersen, who got me the movie for Christmas.
Thanks to me for not enjoying football, so I stayed home Sunday night and watched Avenging Eagle instead!
Man, that took me back. Awesome flick. Can't wait until Baby Gersen is old enough to enjoy it, too!