This classic kung-fu movie starts out in a pretty standard fashion with two warring factions, Shaolin and Manchu, fighting over who's fighting style is best. From there it goes along pretty straight-forward up until they throw a monkey wrench into everything by killing off a couple of main characters who we've watched train for a long time. I think the best thing about this film is how completely bad-ass and unbeatable they make the villains here. I mean one guy is basically completely invulnerable by making his entire body, including his crotch, hard as steel. The other guy kills people by letting them punch him and then sending all their energy back at them. The film is kinda on the long side since it pretty much starts over from scratch after all our hopes are crushed midway through it's run-time. But it's all worth it because when you get to the big finale you get to see a guy's guts ripped right out of his body and another guy's eyes poked out in a bloody tribute to Moe Howard.
A bit confusingly this is produced by Run Run Shaw but isn't officially credited as a Shaw brothers film. Instead it carries the "Chang's Film Company" moniker which I'm assuming is an offshoot for director Chang Cheh's flicks.
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