1978 · action · martial-arts
Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Directed by Chang Cheh1h 41m1978
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
Our read: Five Deadly Venoms (1978) (1978) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · martial-arts entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / martial-arts, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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- extreme
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