Invincible Shaolin

1978 • 98 minutes

About this movie

Master of the "brotherhood" films, award winning director Chang Cheh has always had a good eye for martial art talent and in Invincible Shaolin he re-introduces what was to become known as the The Five Venoms to the world of heroic bloodshed. Chang intelligently weaves a mythical tale of treachery centered around the historic attempts of the Ching Dynasty trying to destroy the Shaolin Monasteries. It's a story of misunderstanding, revenge and doomed heroes who finally realize their error in judgment through the sanctity of their martial arts. The various fighting styles used are choreographed with such amazing precision and insanity, that it's hard to believe that all this psychotic stylish action was shot and made up as they went along. It's marvelous to behold.

Ratings and reviews

I had to post after reading another's particular words... All of Shaw Brothers movies are classics with the band of stellar actors that alot us have watched since we were young boys and girls. No disrespect to Jet Li, I like him and his movies. However, Invincible Shaolin was out way before he...these actors paved his way.✌🏽

This film displays a 3-on-3 Venom against Venom that's rarely even seen in any of the rest of their films. And, ironically, they're equally paired up, relative to their real-life Martial-Arts skills, as well as their personalities on & off screen. This movie is actually very tragic to me, because so many of the Venom characters died in the end.

When I was looking for Shaw Brothers movies, I ran across the title but couldn't find it for the longest time. Considering I've seen a number of Shaw Brothers movies, I hadn't recalled seeing this movie when it came out. I search Amazon and other sites for the movies but couldn't find it until I discovered in Google Play. It's a good movie. Classic Venom actors with good technique and weapon usage. This one should be watched if one enjoys Shaw Brother movies. This is one of their best.