La Rage du tigre

Compared to the other movies in the One-Armed Swordsman series, this isn't quite as good as the first, but I feel like it's an improvement on the second. It features a new actor playing the titular role: David Chiang, who I feel is one of the best leading actors who frequently headlines these old Shaw Brothers movies (it's either him or Gordon Liu - I honestly can't pick a favourite between those two).

This delivers everything you'd want from an old-school martial arts movie without truly excelling at everything. It's like the movie equivalent of a classy - but not super fancy - burger place: a step above mass-produced, fast food slop, but not exactly gourmet. Still, the action is good, the story is competent, and the ending features the main character taking on a small army worth of henchmen, and I'm always a sucker for seeing that kind of fight scene play out on screen.

This is 1 of the best movies I have seen so far!

Its always nice to see david chiang and ti lung playing togheter with eachother !

Like some guy explained before , you can learn from this movie , because although you have a handicap you can still be improving your skillz.

This story is well made , like mentioned before a guy Lei Li losing his arm to a corrupt "held" Lung. After being retired for a year a brother Feng come to his place where he acts like a bartender. While he was demolished by some people from the Tiger Fort , Feng teached Lei Li to appreciate himself again. Then one day Feng is losing his battle in the Tiger Fort against Lung , Lung used the same trick he used to do to Lei Li to with his sticks. After that Lei Li sworn revenge and the ending is amazing ! He defeats a whole squad of fighters from the Tiger Fort! And once again he meets Lung , the man that made him retire for a year. A very nice battle at the end !

Anyway just watch the movie then you know what I mean ! :-)

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There are many metaphors in this movie, but the one, I think, is the most important is that; Once you have accepted your lot in life you can improve yourself beyond your own expectations. The story is straight forward, good guys versus bad guys, and some of the stunts are really unbelievable. But, overall I recommend this movie just because it is a great story.

I usually like more realistic action films like Bruce Lee. Not the latest Die Hard where they break the laws of physics every ten minutes. And I don't like the current stuff with too much CG and wire-work.

That said, I love this film. Especially in the original Mandarin. Fine production values, two heroes Chiang and Jimmy Wang Yu and a great villain "Hero Lung." A classic movie baddie.

The only possible improvement would be if Bruce Lee had starred. Still, I'll have to say Chian is perfect as a young master swordsman who would rather cut off his own arm than live with dishonor.

I've heard that Jimmy Wang Yu was not a trained martial artist, but a pretty tough guy in real life. Too cute guys.

As a beginning martial artist at the time I saw this film,I was amazed at how realistic the fight scenes were.This man could handle a sword and to this day I wonder how they made it look so real.