1978 · martial-arts · action
Crippled Avengers
Directed by Chang Cheh1h 46m1978
A group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.
Our read: Crippled Avengers (1978) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive martial-arts · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme martial-arts / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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