Shao Lin Ban Pan Tu 1977 DVD9 NTSC - iCMAL [TGx]



















A series of killings ravage a Buddhist temple and one of its disciples is a suspect. A corrupted Emperor seeks out a valuable piece of treasure while giving the monks a month to recover the gift or die.



Director: Ta-Chao Lin (as David Lin)

Writers: Jen-Chieh Chang (story) (as Ren-Chieh Chang), Shih-Hao Ko

Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Carter Wong, Chun-Erh Lung



This is pretty routine stuff.



Like many kung fu movies, the plot really loses what little plot there is in the translation. It involves a traitor in Shaolin Temple. Of course, there will be more than one traitor, and everyone but the hero has an ulterior motive.



The kung fu movies usually have very comical, choreographed, stupid looking fight scenes, and this one is among the stupidest. Peple fly through the air like torpedoes, and other goofy looking stuff that make movies like this boring.



The better ones tone the goofy stuff down, and concentrate more on the fun aspects, and on camaraderie between characters. Here, there is one hero and a heroine, with another semi heroine added in, obviously just to be killed, seventies style.



So, we have "complete formula" at work here, and it makes for a very dull time. There just isn't much here.









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Duration                                 : 59 min 42 s

00:00:00.000                             : Chapter 1

00:02:02.500                             : Chapter 2

00:13:20.000                             : Chapter 3

00:21:05.500                             : Chapter 4

00:27:53.000                             : Chapter 5

00:32:46.000                             : Chapter 6

00:42:26.500                             : Chapter 7

00:52:48.000                             : Chapter 8

00:58:52.500                             : Chapter 9

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