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Summary: Excellent Movie, Poor Quality Audio
Review: A five star kung-fu movie, it even has a plot. Video quality is acceptable. Audio sounds like a mono record. DVD version is superior to the video version and a must buy for true fans of this genre.
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Summary: "Crippled Avengers"
Review: A one time hero, turns tyrant after an attack on his wife and child. His son is left with no arms, untill he has a set of iron hands fitted for him, so that he can use them to get revenge on all those that hurt him. Even after revenge is taken, his attitude is still sour. Attacking many helpless peole leaving many crippled. Those who are alive after the attacks ban together each with a different handicap: blind, deaf dumd, no legs, and brain damaged. The four group up and head off to aone of the mfighters masters school, where they are all taught there own style of kung fu to best suit there dissability. once they are all finished with training they venture off in order to take revenge. Amazing fight scenes, the perfect story line, and endless action, put this movie up close to it's brother "5 deadly venoms". another must have, no questions asked
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Summary: Excellent movie!
Review: After reading reviews I was convinced that I needed to own this. I received it in the mail yesterday and I'm very happy that I have this one in my martial arts/kung-fu collection. The story, characters and action (especially the training scenes) are awesome!! a must see!!
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Summary: Excellent movie!
Review: After reading reviews I was convinced that I needed to own this. I received it in the mail yesterday and I'm very happy that I have this one in my martial arts/kung-fu collection. The story, characters and action (especially the training scenes) are awesome!! a must see!!
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Summary: Top 5 Venom Film!
Review: Also known as Crippled Avengers, "The Return" is not a sequel to The original Five Deadly Venoms, but it is just as good. Each Venom becomes crippled in one way or the other and they all find a master to help them train with their disabilities. Once they have mastered their repescted arts, they seek revenge on the group that crippled them. A unique Shaw Brothers classic that should be in every Kung-Fu fans collection.p.s. Chang Cheh, the Hybrid Venom steals the show in his role as an "idiot" the renegade lives!
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Summary: May take some effort to get your hands on but it's worth it!
Review: Anyone who's interested in picking up RETURN OF THE 5 DEADLY VENOMS (and if you're reading this, that means you) should really get your hands on a copy as soon as possible. The disc is getting increasingly harder to find out there (as of this writing, it's unavailable new and half a dozen copies are for sale in the used section). If you come across it in a bargain bin at your local video haunt or at a used shop, don't hesitate to snatch it right off the shelves... this is a classic flick that any fan of the genre can't afford not to have on their shelves...
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Summary: May take some effort to get your hands on but it's worth it!
Review: Anyone who's interested in picking up RETURN OF THE 5 DEADLY VENOMS (and if you're reading this, that means you) should really get your hands on a copy as soon as possible. The disc is getting increasingly harder to find out there (as of this writing, it's unavailable new and half a dozen copies are for sale in the used section). If you come across it in a bargain bin at your local video haunt or at a used shop, don't hesitate to snatch it right off the shelves... this is a classic flick that any fan of the genre can't afford not to have on their shelves...
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Summary: It's a mad, mad, mad, mad masterpiece.
Review: As other fans have noted here, this is known under alternate titles such as CRIPPLED AVENGERS and MORTAL COMBAT. But I love the original Chinese title, which translates simply as INCOMPLETE (according to D. Bordwell in his great book "Planet Hong Kong"). It's an apt description for the main characters, but not for the film itself, which might be one of the most completely satisfying action movies I've seen from any country. Yes, it's absurd... the way grand opera is, or a freaky dream. The English-language track makes it more so (malls must have had "One-Hour Dubbing" kiosks back in the '70s), but even through this American-inflicted mutilation, you can see a classic here. It isn't just the fiendishly brilliant combat sequences featuring performers who seem to recognize no physical laws and feel no pain. It's the bizarre characters, and the clever plotting that finds endless variations on the one-joke premise of physically/mentally disabled fighters. As a friend pointed out, even the "flaws" intensify the experience: the claustrophobic artificiality of the studio sets, the fake-looking blood (a.k.a. red paint), the kooky Siegfriend & Roy-ish costumes, etc. Adding to the weirdness, this deserves even more than many kung-fu flicks to be a gay cult film, with its shirtless-smooth-chested-pony-tailed-beefcake cast bonding intensely and, if I recall correctly, not a single woman onscreen after the first scene. Best example: the blind hero and the deaf hero who spend much of their fighting time holding hands. The practical reasons are obvious, but the accidental undertones are equally so. Then there's the dub dialogue: "He's a master of the ball-shot technique!" Could that possibly be unintentional? Granted, I experienced this movie in a theatre with a large and enthused audience, and some of its effect might be lost on the living room TV. See it anyway, and don't forget to re-attach your lower jaw afterwards.
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Summary: NOT to be CONFUSED with 5 DEADLY VENOMS
Review: aye boys and girls, first things first, this movie is not related to 5 deadly venoms. There are two relations between this Return of the 5 Deadly venoms and the original 5 Deadly Venoms, 1) they both have the phrase 5 Deadly Venoms in the title 2) the actors from the original are in this one! Please note that this is not a sequel to the 5 deadly venoms, it has nothing to do with the story of the first one, in fact the title for this movie refers to the actors, they're back (in another, completely different movie, playing different characters, etc etc). now that ive cleared that up, i would like to go on record and saying that this movie [was great]. i like the first one(read my review for that one), i like this one even more (though my brother begs to differ!) what happens? a good guy turns bad, his kid is crippled, so he gets [mad]. later in life, they cripple others (one is made deaf and mute, one is made retarded, one is made blind, the other has his legs cut off. The crippled folks are helpless, and want revenge, but stand no chance...because they didnt have any MA skills to begin with. Now have less of their god given abilities, thanks to the good guy gone bad and his now grown up son. basically, thats what ill tell you about the story, as for the MA action, man its unbelievable. Ive seen a lot of acrobatics and MA in my time,...these guys are extremely skilled. they have gravity defying jumping ability, seriously, theyre quite a wonder to watch. their acrobatic skills are mesmerizing and then they display an equal jaw dropping level of MA. The training sequences are exciting, the hula hoop scenes are mind boggling. this movie is great...great story, great cast, great acting, great time... I bought the DVD version and highly recommend it, yeah, my mum liked this one too, even more so than the first one! Definitely one of the top 5 MA movies of all time, along with its predecessor, the Five Deadly Venoms.
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Summary: The Venoms at their best!!!!!
Review: First of all, this is not a part 2 to the first Venoms movie. The original name of this movie is Mortal Combat, but when it came to America they called it Crippled Avengers. All of the Venoms are in this movie except Wei Pai, the Snake. The storyline is good and the fighting choreography is excellent. Chen Kuan Tai, the "Iron Monkey", is also in this film. This is the second best movie the Venoms gang has done, but also check out "The 10 Tigers of Kwantung", "2 Champions of Shaolin", and "Unbeatable Drangon" and you'll be even more amazed at their skills. Peace!!!!
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