Das tödliche Duell des Shaolin

Two young girls (Chia Ling and Chung-erh Lung), whose entire families were order executed by the king, are rescued by Shaolin monks and trained in the fighting art of Shaolin. Once they come of age, they decide to seek their revenge against the king. Sent to add them in their quest are two men also trained in the art of Shaolin (played to Tan Tao-liang and Carter Wong). Still it won't be easy for our heroes because the king has a formidable armed guard of skilled and treacherous Kung-Fu experts, his castle is filled with booby traps to protect him against intruders and finally he is bizarrely enough served by two seemingly unstoppable Kung-Fu fighting "gorillas" and their two human trainers, who possess fantastically long tongues which they make use of in combat.

While truly weird as weird can get at times, especially the stuff involving the Kung Fu fighting gorillas (actually guys in the most ridiculous-looking ape costumes you're ever likely to see) and their long-tongued trainers (the tongues often look ludicrously fake too), this offers up a lot of exciting Kung-Fu fighting featuring our two lovely and quite skilled female leads and their male helpers. The story, aside from what's mentioned above, is fairly straightforward and easy to follow and the adventure as an whole proves quite enjoyable. That said, personally I couldn't help but get a kick out of the Kung-Fu "gorillas" and their trainers, as the scenes featuring them are so bizarre and unusual it's hard to take one's eyes away from them despite the utter disbelief one feels while viewing them. These two elements seem to nudge this one slightly into the realm of outright fantasy although thankfully the majority of the fighting scenes seem grounded in reality.