Just like one of the greatest kung fu movies of all time, MASTER KILLER, this is the tale of heroic fellow(Jang Lee Hwang) who ends up in a Buddhist temple in order to learn the skills that will help him defeat his evil nemesis(Eddy Ko). It's actually Ko's underling(Tino Wong) who is responsible for raping and killing Hwang's sister and slitting the throat of her weird cock-eyed husband named Ah Choo but Ko is very swarmy so we can't wait for his comeuppance. A decent mid-level martial arts yarn that hold no real surprises.
A unique aspect to this film is that Hwang had never played a good guy before this. He was a co-director here so that may be the reason he gave himself the starring role. AKA THE SWORDSMAN(this seems like a fairly bizarre choice of an alternate title since I don't recall any swords anywhere in this movie!)
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