Also released under the title of NORTH SHAOLIN and SNAKE TEMPLE this kung fu flick is very light on plot(I know it has something to do with Manchus vs. Chinese, which I always thought were the same thing but I guess that wasn't always historically the case. If you can figure out any more of the plot you're better than me at paying attention to some nonsensical crap!) and very heavy on various fight scenes that appear to be taken from other films and clipped together. There are some comedic moments and some more serious elements which isn't all that unusual in martial arts films but it does make things a bit hard to follow here. The might be one of the worst examples of a competently dubbed kung fu movie out there, which is really saying something!
There seems to be some misinformation online about where this movie came from(either South Korea or Taiwan) and who actually directed it with some sites saying it was our old buddy who was responsible for a million clipped-together ninja movies in the 80s, Godfrey Ho. Apparently though he only had something to do with the story, which seems like at best he came up with 2 sentences! It was released by IFD Films which were the spliced-together movie masters for a long time so that makes sense.
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