Product Details

• Actors: Cheng Pei pei, Chin Han, Chang I, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh
• Directors: Lo Wei
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Mandarin Chinese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Well Go USA
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0017RFXRU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,898 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Years before he was to become famous for directing Bruce Lee in Fist Of Fury and Jackie Chan in New Fist Of Fury Lo Wei was a popular actor and filmmaker. He had already directed many successful films when he joined Shaw Brothers in 1965. It was there that he directed his first major martial arts movie but this was one of his last for the studio. It was also one of the last times he teamed with superstar swordswoman Cheng Pei-pei (who is even more famous now for her role in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon). Here she stars as Yen Lai the one woman who can reunite the Kao brothers to rid the Teng Lung Manor of attacking killers as well as take revenge for the murder of their father. Aided by Shaw Brothers first international star Lo Lieh and award-winning actor Ku Feng Lo and Cheng collaborate for another high-action winner of brotherly love and death.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/MARTIAL ARTS UPC: 181582000760 Manufacturer No: WD-73

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Action packed!, August 13, 2008

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morgoth "we lamas are traditional enemies of ... (omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sword Masters: Brothers Five *Shaw Brothers* (DVD)

If you have seen Shadow Whip, then get ready for more of the same. Long fight scenes, and lots of them. Directed by Lo Wei, once again the story is about as simple as it gets. The beautiful Cheng Pei Pei is on a quest for revenge. She wants to gather the 5 Gao brothers so that they can take revenge on the all powerful villain played by Tien Feng. The Gao brothers are played by Lo Lieh, Yueh Hua, Chang Yi, Chin Han and Kao Yuen. So the story is simple, and boring at times. But, the action is pretty awesome, especially for 1970. There are sooooo many fight scenes. And on top of that, some of the fights go on for so long that you actually begin to wonder if they are ever going to end. If there is one thing I didn't like about the fights it's that some of them go on too long. And I thought the final fight was a bit disappointing, but that's only because I like some of the other fights so much. So why are some of the fights so good? The first thing that struck me is how long they go without cutting. And the cinematography is as good as it gets and makes the fights way better than they would be in most low budget movies. The Shaw Brothers really went all out on this to please fight fans. And Chang Yi is magnificent in this movie, and you can tell that he is way more skilled than the other 4 Gao brothers. He has some amazing fights. And I have to mention Cheng Pei Pei. I love the scene where Lo Lieh rescues Kao Yuen and Cheng Pei Pei steps in front of like 50 guys so that they can get away and she slices them up like butter.

One more note on the action. The undercranking is distracting at times, but for the most part I thought it was well done and helped the fight scenes. And in case you are wondering, the action was done by Simon Chui and Sammo Hung. Sammo has a cameo as an escort. The minute or so of fighting that he does is pretty decent, and he gets a great death scene. And Ku Feng, Wong Hap and Lee Ka Ting star as villains. And look for a cameo by Unicorn Chan at the start of the movie. He uses this huge gold flying fork thing as a weapon.

3.5/5

Picture quality on the Well Go USA DVD is great. The audio is a problem though. They decided to use the Celestial 5.1 remixed audio instead of the original mono. The sound effects are horrible. I almost turned the movie off because of the sound effects, but the worst of it seems to occur in the first few fights, and it isn't as bad the rest of the movie.

4.0 out of 5 stars Goood Movie!!!, September 10, 2011

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honeybee56 (gung po, oh usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sword Masters: Brothers Five *Shaw Brothers* (DVD)

I finally rec'd my movie and couldn't wait to watch it. This movie played with great clarity and sound quality. I remembered this movie as started to watch it and this had spectacular fighting skills and the story line was good. It is very entertaining and should be watched by all Shaw Brothers fanatics. Very good movie.!!!!!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Subtitle issue, June 10, 2010

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Mongruella (Maryland) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sword Masters: Brothers Five *Shaw Brothers* (DVD)

The movie was great, but we had to restart it because of the subtitles. The sound is all in Chinese, but when you choose English subtitles, you get the Chinese subtitles, and when you choose Chinese, you get the English subtitles. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that buys this. The movie was really good though!