Review of The Lizard

Oddball, early Shaw entry from Chu Yuan. It's Robin Hood with a touch of the Scarlett Pimpernel. There's a touch of God of Gamblers, too. Seventeen years before that movie was produced. (I wonder how common this meme of the super-naturally good gambler in Chinese cinema is?) Shaw released two other Chu Yuan movies in '72, The Killer (haven't seen it) and the exploitation classic, Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan. The Lizard is the one he wrote. It's an entertaining movie, but it feels off-kilter. The man wrote and directed other better movies, to be sure.

The disc is fine except for the use of closed captions for subtitles.

5/10