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Killer Army, edited action
Let me say first, I am a huge fan of the Venoms movies, in the mid to late eighties Monday night was Kung Fu night on tv and the Venoms were the stars. I used to get a little frustrated with how they edited out some of the violence, but understood that movies are sometimes edited for television. Which brings me to Killer Army on DVD, I felt I was a young kid again watching the edited version, except all the death scenes are completely edited, if I had never seen this movie before I would be confused as to what is happening. All the fight scenes are chopped up even worse than being on tv. All the blood and death scenes are pretty much gone. I have ordered quite a few of the Venoms flicks and I know not to always expect the best picture quality, but this is the first one I have recieved that is edited so bad. I really enjoyed the story and the parts of fight scenes you do see are great, but a die hard fan will be disappointed with the butchery of the film.

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The Five Venoms on opposite sides in Chinese civil war
KILLER ARMY (1979) is a historical kung fu adventure starring the five actors collectively known as the Five Venoms. Like most of the Venoms films, it's got an engaging plotline, superb fight sequences, and strong production values provided by Hong Kong's Shaw Bros. studio. Set during a time of civil war when refugees are flooding into cities from the war-ravaged countryside, the film casts three of the five Venoms as refugees who team up to use their kung fu skills for maximum survival. When they are framed for the murder of an army colonel, they turn for help to a sympathetic militia faction, setting the stage for a spectacular final brawl on massive sets representing the city's waterfront.

The three main performers, Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng and Lo Meng, were the best fighters (and actors) among the Five Venoms and they get plenty of opportunity to show their stuff, whether in straight-on hand-to-hand kung fu or in battles involving exotic weapons, such as the three-section staff favored by Kuo Chui in some scenes. (The other two Venoms, Sun Chien and Lu Feng, are among the villains.) It's a colorful, action-packed and consistently exciting Shaw Bros. kung fu movie, directed by the studio's top hand, Chang Cheh, who made nearly all of the Venoms films. Please note that the version of this film currently in distribution is missing approx. 12 minutes of footage.

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Another classic.
Plain and simple, the venoms are great. In this movie the fight sequences are excellent, timing is insane. The movie is a bit choped down, but it's still great.