Sword Masters: The Duel of the Century **Shaw Brothers** Reviews

Late period Shaw movie from wu xia pian master Chu Yuan and what seems like and might be Chu Yuan's umpteenth adaption of a Gu Long wu xia book, in this intance, 'Before and After the Duel', a Lu Xiaofeng novel. I thought it was interesting because, unlike all the other wu xia pian I remember seeing he is the only hero that doesn't use a weapon, like a sword or something more exotic). He's a master martial artist in swordsman's world. There are numerous fights are all well choreographed. A couple of them more or less played for laughs.

Like many wu xia, this is a mystery. Lu Xiaofeng (Lau Wing) flits from place to place, playing the goofball, while piecing together the mystery. And once again a Chivalrous Knight's honor and fame is his undoing. If you like wu xia, you'll like this movie. Would make a good double feature with The Magic Blade or Jade Tiger.