The film itself it as epic a Shaw Brothers film as you’ll ever find. The rest of the film deals as the fighters of Liang Shan take their revenge and save Lu Junyi as well… They find such a fighter in Lu Chun I and his protege, Yen Ching but Lu Chun I is in trouble himself as he is betrayed by his wife and her lover, his own steward. The other LiangShan fighters vow vengeance, but first they must find a fighter who is the equal of Shi Wen Gong. We pick up where their leader, Chao Gai, is hunted down and killed by Shi Wen Gong for the Zeng Family, a powerful and corrupt family aligned with the government. We are introduced to the 108 bandits who are more freedom fighters than anything else: the Liang Shan fighters.
“Drink every time you see a Chen or Feng on screen!” You’d be drunk ten minutes into the film!
The film starts with introductions for each character, and dang it, it’s an hour into the film before they are done with them! It’s actually kinda funny and would make a great drinking game.
Little did I know who much this film would help forge who I am today. I found it so much more interesting than any cartoon or comic book at the time. Those words reverberated through me at the age of eight, as this was the first martial arts film I over watched with my Dad, the first of many during Kung-Fu Saturdays, and I had visions of characters with such awesome names as Young Dragon, Red-Haired Devil and moves with names like the 13 Throws of Young Dragon, The Triple Kick Of Death. Starring Ku Feng, Chin Feng, Yueh Hua, Fen Mei Sheng, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Lily Ho, Cheng Lei, Lui Tan, Wu Ma, Wang Chung, Peng Peng, Lo Wei, Chen Kuan Tai, and pretty much anyone who has ever been in a Shaw Brothers film.
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