Die Todesfalle der Shaolin (1979)
5KDie Todesfalle der Shaolin: Directed by Cheh Chang. With Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun. The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers. In the end they lock the bad guys in a warehouse for a final battle to the death.
“This is one of the few post u0026quot;5 Deadly Venomsu0026quot; to feature all u0026quot;sixu0026quot; Venoms. Sheng Chiang, while always associated as a venom actually never played one. This film has the u0026quot;Snakeu0026quot;, Pai Wei in a supporting role as an evil bodyguard.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA very uneven film, it bends from light comedy to light seriousness without really delivering either. Some interesting plot elements are not expanded on and thatu0026#39;s a shame. There are really only two fight scenes in the whole film, one about half way through and the other at the end for about fifteen minutes. A couple of short training scenes and an ultimately bizarre scene with the bad guys showing off their deadly techniques to a general liven things up a bit. The finale is very good but you have to wade through the very boring second half to get to it. A good portion of the movie is designed to show off the acrobatic abilities of the three actors who originally came from acrobatic troupes in Taiwan. Unfortunately the scenes are not the greatest examples of Chinese acrobatics, if youu0026#39;ve ever had the chance to see Mainland acrobats.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirector Chang Cheh and the Venoms have all done better films. Good for Shaw fans. Known as u0026quot;Shaolin Daredevilsu0026quot;, there is nothing associated with Shaolin in this film.”
