Review: 10 Magnificent Killers
Cheung Lik and his master are forced to battle the title assassins (one of whom is played by Bolo Yeung), as are another apprentice and master pairing with the two students eventually needing to join forces. Sometimes enjoyable, sometimes confusing 1977 martial arts film from writer-director Yeh Fang (an actor who only directed four films, his next one in 1991!) with a far too abrupt finale. I liked a good chunk of it, just not quite enough of a good chunk to ultimately recommend the film on the whole. I liked the early humour of a master getting continually bailed out in fights by his apprentice. I also enjoyed the ‘Whirling fist’ and the killer who arrives via a coffin and for some reason looks like a zombie. The subsequent fight is bloody good, in fact there’s so much action (almost wall-to-wall) that there’s no time for it to get dull. The downside to that of course is that with such little emphasis on plot and character it’s occasionally hard to find your bear...