1976 · kung-fu · independent · martial-arts
Secret Rivals
Directed by Ng See-Yuen1h 30m1976
Two rivals, Sheng from the South and Shao from the North, have one common enemy, the Silver Fox. The Silver Fox killed Shao's parents and robbed from Sheng's palace. When each one fails to defeat Silver Fox, the two decide to team up and win.
Our read: Secret Rivals (1976) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded kung-fu · independent · martial-arts entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured kung-fu / independent, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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