OATH OF DEATH - Dir. Pao Hsueh Li (1971)
Never get tired of this one mainly due to performances of the 3 leads (Lo Lieh, Frankie Wei Hung & Tien Fang). This trio usually play/ are typecast as despicable villains but they at least start out as the good guys. Plenty of bloody swordplay (with cool blood spray effects) & also, quite a bit of flesh on display particularly in the guise of Ling Ling, who plays a real bitch in every sense of the word & isn't shy about showing off her nubile "assets." The actual story has been retold in a number of flicks including the more historically accurate & critically acclaimed SBs version, BLOOD BROTHERS put out by Chang Cheh a couple years later but this one is much more entertaining in terms of gory kung fu mayhem & wanton nudity.
Never get tired of this one mainly due to performances of the 3 leads (Lo Lieh, Frankie Wei Hung & Tien Fang). This trio usually play/ are typecast as despicable villains but they at least start out as the good guys. Plenty of bloody swordplay (with cool blood spray effects) & also, quite a bit of flesh on display particularly in the guise of Ling Ling, who plays a real bitch in every sense of the word & isn't shy about showing off her nubile "assets." The actual story has been retold in a number of flicks including the more historically accurate & critically acclaimed SBs version, BLOOD BROTHERS put out by Chang Cheh a couple years later but this one is much more entertaining in terms of gory kung fu mayhem & wanton nudity.
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