The Chi Sha Clan is made up of numerous killers and criminals who all know martial arts. No one knows who their leader is and efforts to stop them have been — up to know — futile. The Imperial Court charges Yang Zhen-Yu (Walter Tso Tat-Wah) with stopping them for good. To do that, he sends Fan Tao (Teng Wei Hao) to go undercover and become a member of the clan in the hopes that he can destroy it from within.

Directed by Sun Chung and written by Ni Kuang, this was a little seen Shaw Brothers film — until now. It doesn’t have the star power of other releases and has a lot of characters that don’t seem all that distinguishable, so maybe that’s why. It has a lot in common with Five Deadly Venoms but doesn’t have the wildness of that movie.

It does, however, have what all Shaw Brothers movies do. Great fights, horrific villains and no small amount of blood being spilled on all sides of the battle. I do love Sun Chung, however, and recommend that if you like his work here, you should track down Avenging Eagle, The Devil’s Mirror and Human Lanterns.

The 88 Films blu ray release of this movie has a slipcase with art by Sean Longmore and four collector’s art cards. I’m really excited that 88 Films has been releasing all of these Shaw Brothers films in the U.S., allowing me to have high quality copies of movies that were either once lost or that I’ve otherwise only seen on battered VHS tapes.

You can get it from MVD.