The New Shaolin Boxers (1976)
Reviewed by: SBates on 2001-02-01
Summary: Minor entry in Chang Cheh filmography
Wong Long Wai plays a villain with a claw hand weapon in this solemn kung fu picture by Chang Cheh. Fu Sheng is a young brash kung-fu adept with a strong ethic, but his motivations are always misinterpreted by his fellow townspeople. He goes to the mountians to learn Choy Lee Fut from Chen Hui Lou (Fearless Hyena), and grows up a bit in the process.Only in the end, when he dies while defeating the enemy, do the people realize he was quite the hero. On New York TV, they titled this one DEMON FIST OF KUNG FU, I guess referring to the claw-handed villain.
It's fine for a 'classic' revenge oriented kung fu film, as most of Chang's films before 1978 were at the very least decently made.