THE REBEL INTRUDERS in an enjoyable entry from Shaw Brothers, directed by the prolific Chang Cheh. There's hardly any plot to speak of ... three jobless and hungry guys meet in a town run by kung fu gangsters and form an alliance. The rest of the running time is taken up with wall-to-wall fights, each more frantic than the last.

But there's one thing that puzzled me about the film. One of the bad guys wore a twist of red cord around his chest over his white jacket ... does anyone know what that means in Chinese culture. I've seen it other kung fu movies as well ... for instance, in Two Champions of Death/Shaolin, Feng Lu wears a similar red cord. If you do know what this signifies, please post the answer in the Trivia section. I'd be extremely grateful ...

Another decent Venoms movie. Maybe not one of their very best like CRIPPLED AVENGERS but still one that packs a punch and tells an interesting political story of a city overwhelmed by refugees, a country torn apart by civil war, and an attempted coup by corrupt officials. Our heroes adopt various roles, with the good guys playing low-level jokers and refugees while the bad guys tend to be those with power. Comedy and plotting in the first half gradually gives way to the usual carefully choreographed combat with a great deal of weapon play and a typically bloody climax. Plenty of fun if you're a Shaw fan.