Full Moon Scimitar Questions

[angryguest]

I could not helped but noticed these....

1) Is this movie somehow related to "Death Duel" because Third Master (used scimitar, instead of using the sword) also appeared?

2) There is a scene where part of soundtrack sounds like from "The Savage Five".

Anyone else noticed these?

[jmungus]

1 not that i can imagine

2 wouldnt know in this particular case but generally speakin, its pretty likely, since shaw soundtracks come from a music library and shaws would re-use many of them all the time. same with sound fx.
maybe its just biased but i got the impression its particularly evident in chu yuan movies, using the same few themes over and over and over again (sometimes in 'remixed' versions)

[Feng Gang]

I think it is a spin off of sorts to Death Duel. Derek Yee practically plays the opposite of what he was (Ah Chi). The pieces seem to fit IMO. 3rd Master disappeared from combat and left behind all of his swords. In this movie, he's MUCH older and claims to not have any swords and still he's withdrawn from any combat. That's evidence enough for me...

[Morgoth Bauglir]

This is the best movie I’ve seen in awhile. Reminds me a bit of Soul of the Sword, and others. The Magic Blade was my favorite from Chor Yuen, but it has been replaced by this. A delicious movie that I will be watching over and over.

[wuxiawuxia]

I can help you with the first question

I could not helped but noticed these....

1) Is this movie somehow related to "Death Duel" because Third Master (used scimitar, instead of using the sword) also appeared?


Both "Death Duel" and "Full Moon Scimitar" were based on Gu Long's famous martial arts novels. "Deal Duel" was adapted from a novel called "Sword of the Third Master," and "Full Moon Scimitar" was adapted from a sequel novel called "Full Moon Curved Sabre."

Although these Shaw adaptations took their own liberty to squeeze the long novels into 90 minutes adaptations by often taking their own liberty to change the storyline or plots, what is true to the source is that in the sequel, The Third Master, Xie Xiao Feng, was already retired from the martial realm and he was being challenged by a young swordsman with talent and rising popularity in the realm, Ding Peng, the main character of "Full Moon Scimitar."