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The Avenging Eagle is a Hongkongais film of genre Action released in USA on 13 september 1978 with Ti Lung
The Avenging Eagle (1978)
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Add to a movie listThe Avenging Eagle is a 1978 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Ti Lung, Alexander Fu and Ku Feng. A remake of the film, titled The 13 Cold-Blooded Eagles, was released in 1993.
This film is released in DVD by Dragon Dynasty in the United States. It was announced in July 2013 that there have been plans for a remake to start shooting in 2014 with collaboration between Celestial Pictures and The Weinstein Company.
Synopsis
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-Hung (Ku Feng) recruits and raises orphans to be his personal army of ruthless killers. One such orphan, indoctrinated by Yoh Xi-Hung, is Chik Ming-sing (Ti Lung). Chik soon becomes one of Chief Yoh's top killers as he relishes engaging opponents in combat whenever the bandits go on a raid. However, after one particularly rough heist, Chik begins to have second thoughts about his criminal lifestyle. This is further complicated when he is taken in and nursed back to health from wounds received in battle by a kind family. Chik realizes that there is an alternative to his violent, murderous lifestyle. He learns that he can live a peaceful, nonviolent way of life with a wife and family if he so chooses.Actors
Ti Lung
(Black Eagle Chik Ming-sing)
Alexander Fu Sheng
(Double Sword Sleeve Cheuk Yi-fan)
Ku Feng
(Yoh Xi-hung)
Eddy Ko
(Blue Eagle Wan Da)
Dick Wei
(Eagle)
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