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CHINA · 1978

Crippled Avengers

Chang Cheh
martial arts revenge kung fu Shaw Brothers disability
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Synopsis

The Venom Mob is a colloquial title given to a group of actors from the Shaw Brothers Studio who attained international prominence for their lead roles in the 1978 film Five Deadly Venoms. Its members consisted of Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Philip Kwok, Sun Chien, Lo Mang, and Wai Pak. Although the main cast have never referred to themselves as the Venom Mob, they have continued to be referred to as s

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I wanted to take Chang Cheh’s thing to the next level. Chang Cheh did about 30 kung fu films between 1978 and 1982. Many of them were excellent. The films I most loved and was inspired by were Crippled Avengers and The Five Deadly Venoms.
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