The Crippled Masters (1982)
Two men, one a lowly peon and the other a dutiful nobleman, are betrayed by their master and crippled for life-- One left with no arms and the other with paralyzed legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they strive to seek revenge against their evil master. The two men endeavor to track down the fabled Eight Jade Horses, said to hold the key to special martial arts techniques.
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Sorry, this movie sucks
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
The acting in this movie is really good.
There's nothing much to say. People who have lost limbs are exploited on film. What they do with what they have is pretty remarkable. But if they had been exposed like this in the real world, the next thing that would be picked up would not be an arm or a leg; it would be a head or a carcass or worse. I agree with the guy who can't fathom the sick individual that came up with this idea. I have no interest in talking plot elements.
Let's see, what do we have: Old recluse teacher type, check. Bizarre training regimine, check. Tea house scene, check. Evil bad guy with secret problem, check. Bolo Yeung, hmmm missed on this point, but there is at least one wannabe. Actor with face painted a weird shade of white/green, check.Unusual items that make this one different? Never seen the butt used with such force before! The use of too handicapped individuals was very different, one with a limited stump of an arm instead of two and one with two fairly useless legs.All in all very typical of the genre. Fight scenes abound linked together with a bit of a plot. The most interesting part was watching the two heroes work their way around doing daily tasks.
*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*I bought this tape. I saw a guy with no arms doing karate kicks. I had to see it. So I brought it over to my friend's house to check it out. Wow. Wow. Wow! Bow-wow. This was terrible. This was terrible by default. It couldn't possibly be any good. It had no chance. The minute I put it in the VCR, I was doomed. You'd think a movie with crippled guys doing martial arts would be more fun. The appeal of the crippled gimmick lasts for about five minutes and then your brain caves in. The fights are all stuck in the same plodding rhythm. Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh. That was the sound my brain was making as it shifted back and forth.While some may be amused at the Crippled Masters and their crippled antics, I was in pain. I'll hold onto this tape though. A movie this awful must be shared with future generations. They must gaze upon its mighty terribleness to understand what a real bad movie looks like. Whoosh whoosh.
If you think you would enjoy watching a movie about an armless kung-fu warrior and a legless kung-fu warrior who team up to get back at the guys who chopped them up... this is your movie