149This flick was very successful and was one of the first flicks depicting Shaolin and hand to hand fighting instead of using sword. Shaolin is burnt to the ground by those evil Manchus, thus causing all of its inhabitants to disperse into the countryside. One of these Shaolin warriors is Hung Hsi Kuan (Chen Kuan Tai). Hung has eluded capture from the Manchus, but with help of a naïve Fang Shih Yu (Fu Sheng), the Manchus are able to catch Hung. Shih Yu later finds out that he has committed a big blunder by helping out the Manchus, so he decides to make everything whole again by saving Hung all by himself. Of course, Shih Yu fails, but that is just a set back. Shih Yu then decides to dig (all by himself!) an underground tunnel leading to the room that Hung is detained in. Yeah right! Predictably, Hung escapes and then later re-ups with his Shaolin brethren to later challenge the Manchus in a battle royale, fight till you drop dead finale.