Sam chong Siu Lam (1983)

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Chan Shen's Shaolin Intruders, a Shaw Brothers' martial arts picture from 1983, features a typical plot as far as these things go - a round robin of revenges between martial arts masters - but the twist is that there may be a traitor among the monks of Shaolin Temple, and perhaps among the three heroes navigating the mystery. Well, the plot hardly matters (though it's not too bad), because this thing is wall-to-wall action. Ninja-monk attacks, Shaolin Temple tests, highway ambushes, it hardly ever stops, and thankfully, that action is clever, varied and choreographed incredibly well. The tests are particularly inventive and memorable. Plenty of laughs (intentional and not), violence (there are some crazy suicides in here), and tragedy (sorry, they don't all survive). Like the three other films in the Legendary Heroes collection, well above average. 8 years 10 months ago