The story starts with our three heroes, two guys and a girl, adrift out to sea on a raft, refugees from some unnamed freedomless country. It’s a classic tale of friendship, betrayal, and revenge that always manages to be more engaging and involving than it has any right to be. As well as stars Bruce Li’s finest hour and a half. Along with Yuen Woo-Ping’s “Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow,” Cheung Sum’s “Snake in the Monkey’s Shadow” and “Soul Brothers” director Hwa Yi Hung’s Billy Chong vehicle “Jade Claw”, this is one of the best HK releases of the late seventies/early eighties to get theatrical exposure in this country. For lovers of the genre, one of the all-time favorites.
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