4/5 Du Bei Diablo
  by J. Chow
I just watched the Dragon Dynasty DVD release of this movie that I'd last seen over 40 years ago as an impressionable pre-teen in Hong Kong. The restoration is quite stunning. The colors are vibrant and the print is mostly scratch-free. You also get to appreciate how director Chang Cheh in the late 60s/early 70s was a cut-above-the-rest storyteller with his camera placement and some fluid tracking shots, thereby transcending a lot of the hackneyed scripting, stilted acting and the studio-bound sets.
However, I also took exception to the fact that the DVD did not contain commentary by Quentin Tarantino as promised by the box notes, and the 2 "film students" who did provide commentary left a lot to be desired. Surely Tarantino would have remarked upon the fact that the most noticeable parts of the musical score (including the entire end title scene) was lifted lock, stock and barrel from the 1966 Ralph Nelson western DUEL AT DIABLO. (Composer Neal Hefti's estate should sue!)
And at another dramatic moment, a very familiar John Barry suspense motif from the Connery Bond films makes a 3-second appearance.
It's really pathetic that these "film scholars" completely missed these cultural touchstones that make Hong Kong movies from this era such crazy-quilt pleasures.

5/5 The One-Armed Swordsman
  by William CY Wong
It's a romantic kung fu movie that was produced some 40 years ago by Run Run Shaw Studio. At least there is story instead of fight, fight, fight and kill, kill,kill with a good ending to it.

5/5 1 ARM!!!
  by Kalon Bell (Slums Of Shaolin)
C'mon this guy(Jimmy Wang Yu)Has 1 F-ing arm & is the best swordsman(in this movie)
WHAT ABOUT THAT IS NOT TIGHT!???Im not going to lie the movie starts off slow,but once
Jimmy Wang Yu discovers a sword manual,with the right handed side deteriorated, The movie
becomes a master peice!!!it includes some of the best fight scenes seen in a Kungfu flick,A
kool Enemy,New weapons,Dope storyline,& ofcourse Top Notch DvD quality(ITS DRAGON DYNASTY!)
A must Have Plus Jimmy Wang Yu never disapoints

5/5 One Of Wang Yu's Elite..
  by R. Webb (u.s.a.)
One of the legendary directors of the martial arts,CHANG CHEH, and one of the great Shaw Brothers stars ,Jimmy Wang Yu, combine forces in creating a film of the highest stature,THE ONE - ARMED SWORDSMAN. Two hours of breathtaking cinematography ,action,and top-notch acting,filmed in 1967,The One - Armed Swordsman,helped change and influence the genre by adding a storyline blended in with the martial arts action,call it the birth of the swordplay epic - not only a fine direction for Chang Cheh ,also one of the finest outings for Jimmy Wang Yu ,surrounded by a good solid cast. A must for your martial arts collection,remastered brilliantly by Dragon Dynasty with special features - an interview with the great WANG YU.

2/5 Not a bad movie just not my style
  by C. Cassel
The video quality is good and the sound is nice as well just wish there had been longer fight scenes. The appeal of the martial arts movie to me is the art of the fight and I enjoy seeing all the fancy moves and back and forth combat this is not that movie.