Chang Cheh's The Deadly Duo, an old Shaw Brothers' movie with rather relentless action and gore, and I mean "relentless" in a pejorative way. The plot involves rescuing a prince from an enemy stronghold, but though played straight, that plot is often ridiculous. Still, there are exciting beats, and you can always count on director Chang to create new weapons and fighting tactics (the River Dragon's disassembling of rafts, the Fire Demon's explosives and those cool fighting cymbals, for example). And you can forgive a lot of the film's problems because the majority of it is filmed outside, giving it a lot more scope than most Shaw productions.
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Chang Cheh's The Deadly Duo, an old Shaw Brothers' movie with rather relentless action and gore, and I mean "relentless" in a pejorative way. The plot involves rescuing a prince from an enemy stronghold, but though played straight, that plot is often ridiculous. Still, there are exciting beats, and you can always count on director Chang to create new weapons and fighting tactics (the River Dragon's disassembling of rafts, the Fire Demon's explosives and those cool fighting cymbals, for example). And you can forgive a lot of the film's problems because the majority of it is filmed outside, giving it a lot more scope than most Shaw productions.paranoica
slow start, but definitely a great shaw-prod. how much was the bodycount on this1 again?