Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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.

BA_Harrison Unlike The Five Venoms (1978), which came out the same year (and which also featured several of the performers who collectively became known as The Venoms), Crippled Avengers doesn't waste any time getting to the good stuff: the action begins immediately, with a gang of Tian Nan Tigers storming the household of hero Tao Tien-tu (Kuan-Tai Chan), looking to teach him a lesson for his arrogance. Unable to find the master of the house, the gang kill Tao's wife instead, by lopping off her legs, and cripple his son Tao Sheng by hacking off his arms. No sooner has this been done, than Tao Tien-tu arrives home to see his family in pieces and takes revenge, kicking Tian Nan Tiger ass. What a way to start a film: wholesale slaughter and dismemberment!To further avenge his family, Tao Tien-tu spends the following years killing the remaining Tian Nan Tigers, and gets Tao Sheng—now equipped with telescopic metal arms that shoot deadly missiles from the fingers—to cripple the Tigers' sons. But their reign of violence doesn't end there: the pair proceed to strike fear into the locals, maiming anyone who offends them. Blacksmith Wei Da-ti (Meng Lo), who stands up to Tao Tien-tu, pays for his bravery by being poisoned, which makes him mute, and having his ear drums burst; travelling hawker Chen Shun (Phillip Kwok) is blinded; Hu Ah-kuei (Chien Sun) has his legs cut off for accidentally bumping into Tao Tien-tu; and when martial arts expert Wang Yi (Sheng Chiang) confronts the bad guys, he has his head crushed in a vice, which turns him into a simpleton (albeit one who can still do impressive kung fu!).United by fate, the four cripples become fast friends and travel to the Eagle Mansion, home of Wang Yi's master, where they train in the martial arts. Three years later, having overcome their disabilities though kung fu (and with the help of a pair of strap-on metal legs for Hu Ah-kuei), the foursome leave to take revenge on the tyrannical Tao Tien-tu and his equally vile son.Featuring such blatant silliness as disabled fighters with 'bionic' limbs, the plot for Crippled Avengers is unarguably extremely far-fetched stuff, but the 'crazy factor' only adds to the fun of this much-loved Shaw Brothers classic. A talented cast, loads of superbly choreographed martial arts action (including a wonderful training sequence involving metal hoops, and the use of numerous weapons), some surprisingly bloody violence, and expert direction from the legendary Cheh Chang, all add up to one hell of an enjoyable time. Highly recommended.

JoeyCunninghamLennox I quite enjoyed this one. As with the "prequel" (and many other Kung Fu/Wuxia movies of the same era) I spent most of the first 25 minutes trying to keep tabs of who is who, there being so many characters who are quickly introduced and all of them being the same height, age and having identical hair.Once all the characters have been established, the story is very standard for the genre - incidentally, this is not a bad thing. A blind man, a deaf man, a mentally handicapped man and a man with prosthetic legs (all of which were crippled by the son of a tyrant who has special iron arms) embark on a quest of revenge. The training sequences were some of the best, as each of the men make the most of what they have and get themselves ready to take on the tyrant and his army.What stood out for me was that after this, the majority of the "payback" was handled by the blind and deaf men. I almost feel as though the writers, having laid out the premise of the story and cast "the 5 Venoms", felt that there was not actually a lot that could be done with the other two lead characters - the one with prosthetic legs in particular. This is because, A) the mentally handicapped character could not grasp the concept of revenge and therefor there could be nothing evocative attached to this character's achievement of justice, and B) the character with prosthetic limbs, had his legs made out of iron. These power that these legs held was so built up that he was able to end each fight he entered within a few seconds. So to counter this, the iron legged character scopes the surroundings for the most part and only enters fights after we have seen a lot of action.

I-Sense-A-Plot Crippled Avengers, aka Return of the Five Deadly Venoms (named so, because it stars five of the actors who came to be known as the Five Deadly Venoms after its movie namesake), star as five men who are horrifically crippled by a bitter crime lord/politician.The first, is rendered blind. The second becomes deaf mute because he swears and curses at the crime lord for all of his bullying and wrong doing, the fourth has his legs cut off by the same villain, and the last, the only one who knew kung fu, is rendered an "idiot" in an attempt to confront the villain and bring justice to the wronged four men who are bullied and harassed by the rest of the town for being crippled.They are led to the idiot's kung fu master and are later taught kung fu. The idiot of course, causes much trouble and his master declares him without "feelings anymore" because of his mental condition, so it was okay to hurt him during practice! The other avengers know that this man was injured trying to avenge them, so they treat him as fairly as they can, then decide to go back to the town to get revenge on the villain and his son.Good movie, lots of campy fun. Definitely a recommend from.

bgrubb This movie has two major problems. First despite what the DVD and VHS covers say it is NOT a sequel to "Five Deadly Venoms". About the only thing it has in connection with "Five Deadly Venoms" is the main cast and director. Everything else is different and as a result anyone who is expecting a true sequel to "Five Deadly Venoms" will be sadly disappointed.This wouldn't be that big a problem if the movie went straight into the action but here too the movie differs from "Five Deadly Venoms". Only after four of the characters are crippled are they trained and then it is not in the venom styles. That all said the fighting scenes that do happen are top notch but they and the movie would have been better served by a tighter storyline and not being called a sequel to "Five Deadly Venoms".