5/5 Good swordplay opera.
  by C. Palmer (Los Angeles)
This video is very very Golden Harvest operatic. Hidden villians. Magic duels. Super warriors. Quite entertaining with pop corn and soda.

2/5 not up to the new standard
  by A. Vu
When I watch this movie in a theater in the late 70', I remember liked it very much. Back then ,there was not many Kung Fu movies I can watch. Based on that excellent souvenir, I bought the DVD and watch it again. After having seen, Crouching Tiger, Hero, Flying Daggers, Red Cliff and other excellent movies, I'm very disappointed by this movie

1/5 Highly over-rated
  by tncdel (New Castle, Delaware)
I don't know how this film was rated highly by others. I bought it based on what others had to say. Was terribly disappointed.

Sure it had plenty of gore and martial arts action. Bu that's about all. The story itself was sappy, corny and boring. For much better acting and story interest try the 21 DVD set Jumong, or 19 DVD set Emperor of the Sea, or The Handsome Siblings set.

Unless you are simple-minded, you will find this Shaw Brothers flick a waste of time to watch.


3/5 very good but definantly not a 5 star...
  by Deandrea J. King (clay)
i liked the story and acting more then i liked the sword play in this one. even though the blade ti lung uses is sick, the swordplay wasnt all that impressive. full moon scimitar, supreme swordsman and silver spear were better in my opinion.....

5/5 Magic Blade Delivers In All Departments...
  by David Brown III (gloucester, MA. USA)
Wonderful film. Every treat is provided here. Fight choreographs that excell the average, tight storyline, acting with conviction by the entire cast, dialogue with principles, lavish sets, blood, violence, nudity, it's all here. A must have for fans of classic martial art cinema.