Invincible Shaolin
Seen it?1978 | 106 min | Action, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved Escape from New York, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 46 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1978: an older pace and style.
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more of his students to train with old masters and trains one student himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chang Cheh
- Sun ChienHsu Fong
- Chiang ShengChun Fei
- Lu FengPao Siao Tung
- Johnny Wang Lung-WeiGeneral Xu
- Suen Shu-PeiCaptain Hua Shun
- Lo MengHo Ming Pao
- Phillip Kwok ChuiHo Yen Wu
- Wai PakMai Feng
- Chan ShenMaster Mai Qi
- Wong Ching-HoMaster Liang