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Information
- A.k.a.
- The Supreme Swordsman
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 95 min.
- Director
- Keith Li
- Genre
- Action
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 41
- Checks
- 15
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:15)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Supreme Swordsman is a late-era (1984) Shaw Brothers sword epic very much in the style of The Bastard Swordsman, though perhaps not as extreme. It's the story of a villainous swordsman who kills other and steals their swords for his collection. The hero is the son of a father murdered for his sword, who must survive various trials before being ready to fight the villain. Sounds pretty typical. And then the wall of swords fights by itself. And the hero enters the underworld and fights skull-faced ghost ninjas and flying coffins. And he's trained by a comedy trio of grandpas. Shaw productions went to the magical end of things in the mid-80s and it makes for some awesome crazy martial arts films. Shame about director Li Pai-ling's habit of speeding up certain fights. They look as well choreographed as the others, so why make them look like Benny Hill sketches? 8 years 10 months ago