This dull-titled Shaw Brothers kung fu flick is really well shot like most of the Shaws' stuff it looks really awesome but plot-wise it's your standard thing about some warring groups of martial artists; Shaolin vs. Manchus. There is some cool bright 70's bloodshed and during the big final fight the more bloody scenes go to black & white(or in this case a sort of tinted red and black) which is somewhat similar to what Tarantino did in his big KILL BILL movie. A guy gets his eyes poked out, people get killed in pretty ludicrous ways and overact their death scenes immensely and there's pretty much fighting from start to finish. This one is really only recommended to hardcore Shaw Brothers fanatics. AKA HEROES 2, KUNG FU INVADERS, BLOODY FISTS, BLOOD BROTHERS and TEMPLE OF THE DRAGON. The ending leaves this open for a sequel and this was actually the first in a whole series of Shaolin temple movies directed by Chang Cheh which include these 7 movies and probably a couple more:
1. HEROES TWO- 1974
2. DISCIPLES OF DEATH- 1974
3. SHAOLIN MARTIAL ARTS- 1974
4. 5 MASTERS OF DEATH- 1974
5. INVINCIBLE ONE- 1975
6. INVINCIBLE KUNG FU BROTHERS- 1976
7. DEATH CHAMBER- 1976
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