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Bastard Swordsman

1983 1h 30m Action List
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A bullied orphan (Norman Chu) defends a martial-arts school from rivals.

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Audience Member crazy but good movie Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/19 Full Review Audience Member Norman Chui is great in this psychedelic, late Shaw Brothers schlockfest - the silkworm style emerges from the lo-fi sfx cocoon! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review john m Hilarious and complete nonsense. There's so much overdone cartoonish violence in here, what's not to love? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie starts off pretty normal, but slowly turns into crazy wuxia madness. Constantly talking about fighting moves and styles, this movie could have influenced Kung Fu Hustle (cocoon scene) and Kill Bill Vol. 2 (standing on sword scene). It has some crazy wire-work and a lot of story, but thankfully its entertaining enough, even with its glaring errors. Such as an old master whose magic laser attack conveniently fails when the plot needs to, or how the main hero needs three women to power transfer the magic style of Silkworm, and he just happens to have three women with him. Despite all the craziness, its entertaining and about as weird as Holy Flame of the Martial World. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Where-in we learn that, Wu-Tang is, in fact, something to fuck with. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Lots of fast paced acrobatic combat. The pretty standard plot and trappings begin to wear a bit thin until the unique, outrageous denouement. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A bullied orphan (Norman Chu) defends a martial-arts school from rivals.
Director
Chin-Ku Lu
Producer
Mona Fong
Screenwriter
Chin-Ku Lu, Kuo-yuen Chang
Production Co
Shaw Brothers
Genre
Action
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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