1978 ‘五毒’ Directed by Chang Cheh
A kung-fu student is instructed by his dying teacher to track down five of the teacher's ex-students. Each of the five is equipped with a lethal martial arts skill, and the teacher fears this might be used for evil purposes. However, not only does the teacher not know the identity of the students (who all wore masks under his training), but some of the students also don't know each other!
Os Cinco Venenos de Shaolin, Viisi vaskitsaa, 5 venins mortels, Wu du, Five Deadly Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, The Five Deadly Venoms
I was hoping some time and kung fu training (ie binge watching) would give me a greater appreciation for this since last I saw it about a decade ago, but if anything it was even more disappointing given the talent involved. It's a bit mystifying to me how much of a pillar this is for some considering that about 75-85% of it is really dry, kind of dull Edgar Wallace/Agatha Christie style whodunnit surrounding a bunch of murders and an inheritance. In theory I should be into that, but it's shot pretty flat and contains scene after scene of characters vomiting exposition and making shifty eyes at each other as they try and suss out who the venoms even are…
Some of the Shaw Brother best fake beards showcased in this one. A Hitchcockian mystery masquerading as a trashy Kung Fu flick. When it comes to Kung Fu styles I understand Snake, Scorpion, Centipede, and MAYBE Toad style.
But tell me how Lizard style is going to do anything? You can stand on a wall? Great.
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The Five Venoms is like one of those logic puzzles I used to do when I was a kid. A grey bearded old man in a steamy hot tub provides us with the following clues at the beginning of the film as he relays them to his final protege, Student No. 6.
Clue 1: Located within an ancient Chinese village is a super wealthy old dude who happens to be an ex-Kung Fu teacher.
Clue 2: The village is also occupied by five ex-Kung Fu students named The Five…
The toad style is immensely strong
Cool hearing the Wu-tang samples - I always wondered what the fuck that meant!
The haircuts and wigs in this are just next level. So much so that I was distracted by them and had a hard time following the plot because I was just enrapt staring at their crazy ass hair.
I wish I could flip-jump on walls.
I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve rewatched this, my first Shaw experience. The boy begged for it, so we watched it again. He’s always outraged by the injustice done to Toad. So damn good.
Cult Kung Fu movie by way of police corruption procedural. Highly influential on Kill Bill.
With its colorful and fantastic kung fu styles modeled after venomous animals, The Five Venoms serves up a fun if slight action showcase that keeps things interesting by masking the identities of the venom masters, resulting in a push-and-pull between the good and evil factions as they gain and lose allies culminating in a final brawl between those left standing.
Now that I’ve been properly introduced to this run of films, I’m looking forward to watching more from the Venom Mob.
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Another cult classic Kung Fu movie. This one introduces 5-6 characters who are part of deadly venom clan who each specialize in a fighting style. The fighting styles are cool and unique. The movie is filled with strange characters and crazy fake facial hairs. However I feel as a movie it is fairly weak. The plot is very disappointing and often flat out makes no sense, very poor dialogue, pace feels slow at times and kung Fu only had a few fights. Overall it is hard to recommend beyond Kung Fu fans.
Some brutal scenes in this movie far more less action then I thought but when there were fight scenes it was a damn good time.
A dozen police guards with big ass swords watch two men in the street having an angry slap about.
So commences a dance fighting tournament all over town.
Nobody bothers stopping it. Not their fuckin’ problem, I guess.
I watched this when I was a kid on Saturday afternoon's Kung-Fu Action Theater. Definitely a cult-classic.
「邵氏出品、張徹執導。五毒門設定略單薄，但故事張力清晰明確，老掌門人將死，吩咐第六位秘傳徒弟前往江湖尋找五位隱姓埋名的師兄，辨認善惡，清理門戶。可惜劇本開展邏輯不夠密合，劇中角色個個不靈光，落入窠臼，反而只能用獵奇刑具當看點。『身在公門，不能除暴安良，反成除良安暴。』反抗思想，全片就這裡比較有勁。」──2020.05.25
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