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Synopsis: Five Deadly Venoms tells the tale of a martial arts master who commands a student to track down some of his other students and get them to stop those that have used their skills for nefarious ends. The Centipede, The Snake, The Scorpion, The Lizard, and The Toad must decide if they will join together to obey their old master's wishes.
[quote]THE FIVE VENOMS is more than just a kung fu movie. Chang Cheh brought the visual gimmicks and mystery of wuxia films into the standard kung fu genre and combined this with a cast possessing some of the best screen chemistry in martial arts film history. It’s no wonder that the film has been such a hit in the West and deservedly so. -- Mark Pollard [/quote]
[quote]Syles
Each of the Poison Clan is alternatively referred to as either their venom style code name, or as their number in regard to the order of being taught by the master. Note the exception of Yan, who is never referred to as "Number 6", nor as any particular animal style. Among fans, he is known as "Hybrid Venom," as his training contains a little bit of each of the five styles, though it is incomplete and was told to align with one of the venoms to stand a chance by his master.
Number 1: Centipede Wriggly and quick, this style is a nice blend of defensive and offensive posturing. The strikes are so fast that it is almost as if he has a hundred arms and legs. The weakness of this style as revealed by Yan Tieh (told by his master) is to attack both the opponent's upper and lower body in a simultaneous assault.
Number 2: Snake On one hand: the mouth, venomous fangs emulated in precise finger motor control. On the other: the stinging whip of a rattling tail. Masters of this ability can even fight extremely well while lying on their back from the floor. The weakness of this style as revealed by Yan Tieh (told by his master) is to stop the "head" and "tail" (the opponent's two arms) from combining, as neither the head or tail can function well individually.
Number 3: Scorpion The scorpion represents a double threat! Kicks from the Scorpion style are just like the stinging tail of the namesake. When delivered by a master, a single kick can paralyze or even kill, let alone the strong pincer-style attack of the arms to contend with. The weakness in this style is not clearly revealed as Yan Tieh is cut off from his explanation but one can assume (by watching The Scorpion in his bout with Yan Tieh and The Lizard) that it would be to stay out of reach of The Scorpion's damaging kicks and make him come to you.
Number 4: Lizard An emphasis on speed and gravity, the Lizard style is best known for the ability to walk on walls, and can fight with ease from such positions.
Number 5: Toad Toads don't do much, but they are tough. That is the essence of this style, a primarily defensive pose. The Toad is invincible to just about any form of attack, including blades and puncture. They can even bend solid metal. The weakness of this style is that any master of the Toad style has a "weak spot" that when punctured, drains the user's Toad style benefits (most notably the iron skin.) Number 5's weak spot were his ears as shown in his fight with The Snake, when The Scorpion secretly struck his ears with his darts. Apparently, the easiest way to discover the weak spot in one's Toad style is to use an Iron Maiden.[/quote]
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IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077559/
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10 (1,098 votes)
Directed by: Chang Cheh
Cast:
Sheng Chiang .... Yang Tieh
Philip Kwok .... He Yuan-xin, Gecko / Lizard (as Kuo Chui)
Feng Lu .... Zhang Yiao-tian, Centipede
Pai Wei .... Qi Dong, Snake
Chien Sun .... Ma Chow, Scorpion
Meng Lo .... Liang Shen, Toad
Lung Wei Wang .... Judge
Feng Ku .... Yuen
<table class="quote"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Title: </td> <td align="left">The Five Venoms (1978)
aka Five Deadly Venoms
Wu du</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Source: </td> <td align="left" valign="top">DVD Retail / R3, NTSC / Celestial Pictures</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Size:</td> <td align="left">1.171.556.352 bytes (1/4 DVDR)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Runtime:</td> <td align="left">01:36:53</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Format:</td> <td align="left">AVI - OpenDML (AVI v2.0)</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Video Codec:</td> <td align="left">XviD (xvid_encraw 1.2)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Video Bitrate:</td> <td align="left">1221 kbps</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Resolution:</td> <td align="left">720x304</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Aspect Ratio:</td> <td align="left">2.368</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Frame rate:</td> <td align="left">25 fps</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Audio Codec:</td> <td align="left">AC3 (5.1 channels)</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Audio Bitrate:</td> <td align="left">384 kbps</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Sampling Rate:</td> <td align="left">48 KHz</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Interleave:</td> <td align="left">96 ms (2.4 v.frames), preload=96
Split across interleaves</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Language:</td> <td align="left">Cantonese</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Subtitles (SRT):</td> <td align="left">English</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">SA:</td> <td align="left">B-VOP, No Qpel, No GMC, No P-Bit</td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">CQM:</td> <td align="left">Jawor's ZSM</td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Note:</td> <td align="left">The DVD is NTSC, but it had to be
restored to its original framerate of
25fps to avoid jerkiness and ghosting</td></tr></table>
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