Legend of the Bat 1978

Legend of the Bat is director Chor Yuen's sequel to Clans of Intrigue. Ti Lung returns in the same role of righteous swordsman Chu Liu-hsiang while Ling Yun also returns as the sword-for-hire Yi Tien-hung. In their previous adventure this pair of heroes seemed destined to fight to the death until they joined forces. This time Liu-hsiang is targeted by leading swordsmen in the boxer's world. It seems that a shady merchant on Bat Island selling a rare and much needed medicine has demanded Liu-hsiang's head as payment. Desperate to cure his wife, swordsman Li Yuhan (Yuen Hua) attempts to kill Liu-hsiang, but fails. When a perplexed Liu-hsiang learns of the reason for this otherwise unwarranted attack, he vows to leave for Bat Island himself in order to retrieve the medicine. He hops on boat and eventually transfers to a larger, ornate boat where he hooks up with a few heroes also on board including his old pal Tien-hung, a female named Jin Linzhi (Candy Yu) and her mute protector (Yuen Wah), and a famous royal soldier named Gou Zicheng (Wong Chung) who doesn't reveal his true identity initially, but eventually declares his mission to capture Mr. Bat, villain hiding on Bat Island.

A murder mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express begins as passengers one by one, turn up dead. The likeliest suspect is the host Xiang Feitian (Norman Chu), but someone else who has rigged the boat to explode is actually behind the deaths. Our heroes escape the burning boat by hitching rides on floating coffins where they are picked up by yet another boat.This one makes its way to Bat Island, but our heroes are subdued with gas and thrown in a cage made of indestructible 'black iron.' Luckily, Zicheng just happens to have a nifty little magic knife designed to cut iron like butter. They escape and release a bunch of prisoners held on the island including Linzhi's father. Linzhi's father stays in order to lead them to the Bat Hall where Liu-hsiang can buy his medicine and Zicheng can capture Mr. Bat. The dangerous underground passages prove fatal to several members of the party, but the survivors reach Bat Hall to face the mysterious Mr. Bat.






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