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Four Swords: Shaw Brothers 4-Disc Collection (Vengeance Is a Golden Blade / The Water Margin / The Wandering Swordsman / Have Sword Will Travel)

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I was a bit worried, as I have a lot of dvds, that are "remastered" in name only. But you could buy this collection without worries, the transfer of the picture is really great. Only a pity no-one put all 4 movies made after Water Margin in this kind of edition. These movies were made by the same creators (Tiger Killer, Delightful Forest, Water Margin, and All Men Are Brothers - the version with Ti Lung playing Tiger Wu Sung in all four movies)and belong to the best what Shaw Bros ever made.

Missing from here is the booklet that came with the [solo] DVD of "The Water Margin"; good as it is, one can live without it (otherwise, be ready to pay for the pleasure of owning it)....Some may find the gathering of three Chang Cheh films with one by Ho Meng-hua incongruous, but "Vengeance is a Golden Blade" holds up with the rest. Arguably, "The Wandering Swordsman" is the weakest of the four; this may be due to the "Peter Pan" nature of David Chiang's part. Chiang is better in "Have Sword, Will Travel", where he co-stars with Ti Lung; Chiang and Lung are among the dozens of people in the epic "The Water Margin"....****"The Water Margin";****"Vengeance is a Golden Blade;***1/2"Have Sword, will Travel";***"The Wandering Swordsman". (The average rating for all four movies comes to ***1/2, but I've added half a point for the convenient, compact packaging.)