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Filmmaker Chang Cheh takes a final stab at southern Shaolin folklore and the related conflict between Wudang and Shaolin with this convoluted and mediocre kung fu actioner made palatable only by the dependable showmanship of ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/two-champions-of-shaolin-1980/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Challenger, The (1979)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/challenger-1979</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/challenger-1979#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:14:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Kung Fu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Shapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Challenger (1979)]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://69.64.87.108/?p=687</guid> <description><![CDATA[This all-star kung fu epic brings together many of director Chang Cheh&#8217;s favorite leading men of the past decade with future Venoms stars in his most ambitious depiction of southern Shaolin folklore and its many ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/shaolin-temple-1976/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Five Shaolin Masters (1974)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/five-shaolin-masters-1974</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/five-shaolin-masters-1974#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexander Fu Sheng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chang Cheh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chi Kuan-chun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chiang Tao]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Chiang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Five Shaolin Masters (1974)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fung Hak-on]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Kung Fu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Shapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gordon Liu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leung Ka-yan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meng Fei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaolin Cycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shaolin temple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaw Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ti Lung]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wang Lung-wei]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://69.64.87.108/?p=317</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chang Cheh directs the fourth entry in his Shaolin Cycle, setting aside the exploits of folk heroes Hung Hei-gun and Fong Sai-yuk to focus on five other Ming loyalists who escaped the burning of ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/five-shaolin-masters-1974/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/shaolin-martial-arts-1974</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/shaolin-martial-arts-1974#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexander Fu Sheng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bak Mei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chang Cheh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chi Kuan-chun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chiang Tao]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Kung Fu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Shapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gordon Liu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lau Kar-leung]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leung Ka-yan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shaolin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaolin Cycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shaolin temple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaw Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wang Lung-wei]]></category><guid
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Director Chang Cheh begins his Shaolin Cycle with this solid kung fu actioner about a band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state and driven underground following the burning of the ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/heroes-two-1974/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REVIEW: Shaolin Rescuers (1979)</title><link>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/shaolin-rescuers-1979</link> <comments>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/shaolin-rescuers-1979#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Pollard</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Film and TV Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chang Cheh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chiang Sheng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Kung Fu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genre: Shapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hung Hei-gun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jason Pai Piao]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lo Meng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lu Feng]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philip Kwok]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaolin Cycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaolin Rescuers (1979)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaw Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sun Chien]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Venoms Mob]]></category><guid
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A mentally unstable, free-spirited fishmonger named Chi (Leung Ka-yan) is kicked out of a village kung fu school for fighting with members of the evil Jade Horse Gang. He later befriends a mischievous, street-performing kid ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/thundering-mantis-1980/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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