1983 · wuxia · shaw-brothers · fantasy
Holy Flame of the Martial World
Directed by Tony Lou Chun-Ku1h 25m1983
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents by honing their martial skills and searching for the legendary Holy Flame sword. To avenge their parents they must fight their way through demons, ghosts, ancient booby-trapped temples, and cultish clans.
Our read: Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal wuxia · shaw-brothers · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme wuxia / shaw-brothers, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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