Life Gamble

生死鬥 (original)

6.7

/10

1h 36m 13+Action & Adventure Action Drama

Legendary director Chang Cheh was in a transitional period. The men he had made stars (Jimmy Wang Yu, Ti Lung, and David Chiang among them), had moved on to their own projects. Soon his new star, international idol Alexander Fu Sheng, would also look for other productions. So Chang used this opportunity to test the star power of some new talent, namely a Taiwanese Opera artist (Kuo Chui) and a powerful Chinese muscleman (Lo Mang) – who were soon to become the foundation for his internationally popular “Venom” series. Teaming the trio with the top supporting actors (Ku Feng and Wang Lung-wei) and the prettiest starlets (Lin Chun-chi, Shirley Yu, and Hui Ying-hung), he told an entertaining and exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them. The resulting thriller was another winner for the vaunted filmmaker.

Spoken language: zh

Starring Philip Kwok Chun-Fung, Lo Meng, Lu Feng, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chiang Sheng, Shirley Yu Sha-Li, Ku Feng, Johnny Wang Lung-Wei, Kara Hui, Yu Tai-Ping

Watch "Life Gamble" from streaming services Google Play, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1979. It's a action & adventure and action movie, and has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.