One Armed Against Nine Killers (1976)
Reviewed by: jackfu01 on 2003-01-07
Summary: Good Wang Yu film with nice surprise ending
Wang Yu again plays a one-armed swordsman (not the same one from the One Armed Swordsman series) in this film in which we're told he actually hacked off his own left arm (notice he normally loses his right arm in these films) to keep himself pure in his martial pursuits. The storyline was hard to follow for me as the subtitles were nearly unintelligible and I don't speak Chinese. In typical Wang Yu fashion, the fights are intense and innovative; in fact he fights not only one-armed, but unarmed-he battles sword-wielding foes with only his bare hand and beats them all. His battle with the main villain is memorable, particularly when his one remaining arm is cut off. The surprise is in how he still manages to kill the bad guy. I enjoyed this one even with the poor subtitles.