Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms

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Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms

R

1978

1h 47m

Action

Adventure

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After the death of his wife, warlord Dao Tian-du (Kuan Tai Chen) turns evil and holds a town in thrall to his reign of fear with the help of his sadistic son. Four of the villain's crippled victims -- a blind man, an amputee, a deaf-mute and an insane fighter-- seek the help of a wise kung fu master as they train to eliminate the tyrant for good. Despite the title, this film is not a sequel to "The Five Deadly Venoms."

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Ed Travis

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Where the Five Deadly Venoms all obtained super powers through secretive mystical training, our Crippled Avengers overcome adversity and become stronger than their enemies through teamwork and reliance upon family.

May 14, 2022

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Matt Brunson

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An offbeat endeavor.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 4, 2022

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Sean Axmaker

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Some of the most memorable classics of old school Hong Kong martial arts revenge movies are built on gimmicks and this one is a doozy...

Sep 14, 2010

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This is actually titled "Crippled Avengers" and is not a sequel to 5 Deadly Venoms despite the title here.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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When your son gets his arms cut off and the wife gets her legs cut off and dies, it doesn't give you the right to turn into a right nasty cunt. Sadly, this is what happens to Chen Kuan-Tai. I love the training and the premise of revenge is genius. One of my favourite Shaw Brother productions.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Surprisingly funny and sometimes overtly gory kung-fu story about 4 guys all made handicapable by the same evil kung-fu master. The evil master became a big meanie after someone killed his wife and "dearmed" his son, so you kinda feel for the guy. The extended fight scenes are excellently choreographed and demonstrate a lot of acrobatic skill.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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What an odd, kinda stupid little movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Even less plot than an average martial arts flick, but some really well choreographed, acrobatic extended fights. Some interesting fighting props, as well. The very last fight is underwhelming - everyone just seems like they're tired and want to stop - but it's pretty short and the fights leading up to it are fun.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Crippled Avengers (Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms) has wondrous fight scenes but the rest of the film is rather silly and weird. It's still worth a watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Cheh Chang

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Kuan Tai Chen

Dao Tian-du

Meng Lo

Wei Jia-jie

Chien Sun

Hu Ah-Kuei

Sheng Chiang

Wang Yi

Feng Lu

Dao Chang

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After the death of his wife, warlord Dao Tian-du (Kuan Tai Chen) turns evil and holds a town in thrall to his reign of fear with the help of his sadistic son. Four of the villain's crippled victims -- a blind man, an amputee, a deaf-mute and an insane fighter-- seek the help of a wise kung fu master as they train to eliminate the tyrant for good. Despite the title, this film is not a sequel to "The Five Deadly Venoms."

Director: Cheh Chang
Production Co: Shaw Brothers
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Runtime: 1h 47m

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