The Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms

Return of the Deadly Venoms aka Crippled Avengers is one of director's Chang Chehs best film and venom favorite.Released in 1978 after the success of the Five Deadly Venoms movie,Chang Cheh hires Kung Fu legend Chen Kuan Tai to play the villain.No Wei Pai in this one though,but all of the venoms are in top form.Lau Kar Leung,Tong Gaii are out of choreography and Chang Cheh hires Robert Tai Chi,a Taiwanese martial artist/actor to do action directing duty,along with help from Kuo Chi,Chiang Sheng,and Lu Feng.What do we get after that?one of the best martial arts cult films of the Shaw Brothers and of all time.The cast includes Johny Wang Lung Wei(Return to 36th Chamber),Dick Wei(Project A),Jaime Luk,Yeung Hung,Chui Tai Ping.Dao Tian Du returns home too late after his family has been attacked by the Tian Nan tigers.His wife's legs have been amputated,His son's forearms have been cut off.Tian Du is able to kill the murderer and his gang.His wife has passed away and only his son survives.Tian Du makes an oath to him that he can still make him a kung fu fighter and gives him Iron Arms.His son is able to get his revenge.Years have passed and Tian Du has gone mad and has made the revenge an even personal matter.He kidnaps the Tian Nan's family members and makes them fight his son to the death.At the end they either die or become crippled. Both father and son have become even worse and anyone who crosses their path will have a lesson taught to them.All three core venoms Lu Feng,Kuo Chi,Chiang Sheng have peking opera training and are the most acrobatic out of all the fighters in the movie.The have all different types of martial arts weapons,from swords to Iron Chain balls.

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I have been a fan of the martial arts (Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, Combatives, Krav Maga etc), and martial art films for most of my life. This one (The Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms), which is also called The Crippled Avengers, had plenty of martial arts action in it. However, even though this movie was fun to watch, I found many of the fights way too long and sometimes boring.The story is about a martial arts master who becomes evil when his wife is murdered and his son's arms are cut off by another martial arts group. After the father kills the three bad guys with his three Tiger Kung-Fu, he becomes even more evil himself over the years. He makes his son, who he trained in Kung-Fu, and now has iron arms to replace the arms he got cut off, a mean and cruel bully. He winds up crippling and injuring a group of four people in various ways (blinds one, destroys one's ability to speak or hear, makes one an idiot, and cuts off the legs of one). These four seek out another Kung-Fu master who trains them for three years and shows them how to overcome their handicaps. The four return to seek revenge on the group who injured them.In conclusion, if you are a martial arts film fan, you will see tons of fights, both unarmed and with a host of martial arts weapons being used in this film. The fight scenes are very unique but like many Asian made martial arts films, many of the fights look more like dancing than fighting. Still a fun movie to watch.Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Martial Arts Myths)

Any body interested in seeing this movie will be a bit dissapointed in finding out, like i did that it is not the oringinal 5 deadly venoms from the first movie or there individual moves that they are individually known for . But as I watch the movie it's a pretty good kung fu -flick . After all the movie was directed by the shaw brother's how dare I expect less right . Aside from the kung-fu fighting if you watch closely there is a moral lesson to learn, and I just personally love shaw brothers ,movie's that are famous for doing that. If you can leave the movie theater or watch a DVD still thinking about the plot of the movie, now thats a good movie !! In a world that we live in full of needless violence on the movie screen ,with nothing in the movie for you to actually think about. This shaw brothers movie : the return of the five deadly venoms was a breathe of fresh air ,and a good reminder that movies didn,t always suck ! they did at one time had meaning .After watching this movie i instantly forgot about the manner detail of the movie, the lack of the original fighting styles of the 5 venoms .It's a great movie! here's a challenge if you choose to accept it. figure out the moral of the story it will make you think , enjoy !

This one is so good, I don't know where to begin. Of course, you know the true title is Crippled Avengers because evil tyrant Chen Kuan Tai along with Lu Feng and Wang Lung Wei cripples Kuo Chui, Lo Meng, Sun Chien, and Chiang Sheng. Of course, you know that loss of eyesight, hearing and speech, legs, and the mind won't stop justice in a Chang Cheh/Venom Mob revenge saga. Of course, you know that this is one of the greatest Martial Arts films ever and that Dragon Dynasty releases are always top notch. You also know that cable television's so-called action channels are lame and that two or three flicks like this are great fun on a Saturday afternoon. So, where should I begin? Venom Mob movies are the coolest. If you're cool and sick of all the generic MMA movies coming out these days, you need some Chang Cheh in your life. If you already own this film, buy this edition anyway. Remastered Venoms is better than brand new garbage on any given day. Okay, I think I gave this masterpiece a great review. If true-school Kung Fu flicks are your thing, order this one immediately.

I love this movie a lot. It brings back the memories of the last pupil, and the five other pupils (Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard, and the Toad) which the Old Master had in the first movie: Five Deadly Venoms of Kung Fu. It was something how the old Master trained all of the men ( the Blind, the Deaf, and the one who had no legs) how to fight, even though his pupil was turned into an idiot by the Tyrant who ruled the town. It was a shame that the Masters pupil was killed in the end by the son of the Tyrant, but the other three still got their revenge. I believe it was a Great Movie.

An excellent movie. The choreography and athleticism were amazing. Probably the best Shaw Brother films I have seen. As most will know it is not a direct sequel to the (first) film Deadly Venoms but still worth a watch and I think it was much better than the first one even though the first is far more famous and loved.

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This movie is a classic SHAW BRO and VENOM movie excellent fight scenes....not a sequel to THE FIVE DEADLY VENOM it a film in its own right and it's original title is CRIPPLED AVENGERS it is remastered picture quality very good and has the original English Dubbed sound track too......sit back and enjoy and add this movie to you collection..

Came on time I’ve seen the movie, a couple of times. I wanted to own on DVD. I’m very familiar with the actors. Seen their other movies. I’m hoping this DVD will be good sound and picture quality.