The Five Venoms

(1978)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 172 votes

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy

Year: 1978

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: Hong Kong

Director: 張徹

Cast: 江生, 郭追, Sun Chien, 鹿峰, 羅莽, Wai Pak, 王龙威, 狄威, 谷峰, 劉晃世

Plot

A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.

A dying martial arts teacher instructs his sixth and final pupil to check on the activities of his five former pupils, each of whom he had taught a unique and lethal style of kung fu: the Centipede, the Snake, the Scorpion, the Lizard and the Toad (hence the film's title). This pupil, who knows a little of each one of the five styles, must team up with one of the other good pupils to destroy the evil ones, if there are any at all. Greed and treachery ensue as the pupil soon discovers that some of the pupils are indeed evil, but which one can he trust enough to team up with, if any?