Name: Wan li xiong feng
Genre: Action
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Peng Tien, Pin Chiang

A LITTLE GEM IN WUXIAPIAN GENRE WITH A GREAT CAST!

Released in Taiwan 2/4/71, this Wuxiapian (Martial Cavaliers Movie) was a success in his homeland. The cast is really something: Taiwanese martial queen Shangkuan Lingfung plays the heroine, local big names Tien Peng and Chiang Pin are her allied sworsmen. The trio is after an escaped convict played by the Chinese Jack Palance, actor Miao Tien, who's the boss of a weird gang including fatty Ou Yau Man, a regular in Taiwan actioners. The action is well-staged for that period, but inevitably dated today. Nonetheless the movie keeps a fairytale tone and successuflly portrays the subtle homosexual attraction between male heroes that you can find in Chang Cheh's films (director Hsiung Ting Wu was Cheh's assistant in some movie), in that the swordsman Chiang Pin is strongly related to Tien peng, so when the former dies, the latter renounces to fulfill his love for the heroine, cuz the death of their common friend force them to separate. Even the criminal has a sentimental touch: he escaped the prison to see his dying mother. The ubiquitous Kung-Fu duo Lung Fei-Shan Mao plays two police officers. Chang Yi Kwai, Blakie Ko, Lee Yi Min, Wang Yueng Sheng and many others familiar faces populate the stuntmen territory. The set and photography were top-notch on big screen, as always in the movies produced by the prestigious Lianbang (Union Film). Music by Wang Fu Ling (The Big Boss; The One Armed Boxer).

Mandarin-language cinema across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Singapore explores historical reflection, cultural identity, and personal sacrifice, often expressed through poetic visuals and sweeping narratives. In Mainland China, this takes the form of allegory and large-scale epics that reflect on national history. Taiwan emphasizes intimate modernist realism, generational change, and the search for identity. Singapore contributes stories of migration, multiculturalism, and the negotiation of tradition in a globalized city.

The action genre features fast-paced, thrilling, and intense sequences of physical feats, combat, and excitement. The characters of these stories are involved in daring and often dangerous situations, requiring them to rely on their physical prowess, skills, and quick thinking to overcome challenges and adversaries.

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