Review by alisonc-1

The Wu Tang clan has the secret of the silkworm kung fu technique, but its Chief has always been defeated by the Chief of the Invincible clan, with whom he fights every 10 years. One day a mysterious stranger arrives at the Wu Tang compound and rapidly rises up the kung fu ladder, while at the same time lowly servant Yun, of unknown parentage, is secretly learning kung fu from a masked master. When the clans inevitably clash, who will survive? Will the secret of the silkworm technique finally be revealed? And maybe some of these people will even find True Love as well…. It's very hard to describe the kung fu movies made by the Shaw Brothers, basically because the plots are so incredibly loopy; this particular example all but jettisons the idea of plot altogether, the better to throw in more and more kung fu contests! One thing I love about this zaniness is that there are always female fighters as well as male, and they are all equal in skill; but regardless of gender, it's the action scenes for which one watches these films, and "Bastard Swordsman" ranks up there with the best of them!