The Naval Commandos
The Naval Commandos
| 10 April 1977 (USA)
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The "Godfather Of The Kung-Fu Film" created this rousing epic of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937, featuring many great actors he had worked with over the years. Their courageous and desperate attempts to do just that comprise the remarkable action in this rousing epic, featuring some of the greatest actors Chang had ever made, was making, and would ever make famous. (IVL)

Reviews
Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
petersgow I remember this one as a little kid. Basically, the kung fu guys go to destroy a Japanese battle ship and all die, except the pretty boy star, who, as I recall, knew very little martial arts. The story is told in flashback fashion, as the pretty boy recalls what happened to his friends. Chang Cheh used to crank these flicks out all the time- every now and then, he'd hit pay dirt, but this really wasn't one of them. The fights were cool, but it all is kind of ridiculous. All the guys that knew kung fu, died glorious deaths- blew themselves up,etc. Kind of a downer, really. You could do worse, but I would not go scouring the internet to find a copy, or anything. Ther are much better Shaw brothers flicks out there.