Nomination Year: 2025

SYNOPSIS: 

The 18 Swirling Riders are a bunch of mercenary bodyguards-for-hire who also maintain a lucrative business stealing from evil rich folks and giving to the poor...mostly.

But trouble rears its head when an evil kung-fu master tries to destroy the group from within! Who is the traitor?

Smithee Award Nominations

"Whoops!"
Second Verse Same as the First The woman declares twice (with the same intonation, like a robot) that "Master Hu's a good man. He's a friend to all poor people. Living 'round here. Master Hu's a good man. He's a friend to all poor people."

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Fu-Ti Lin	AKA "Fu-Di Lin," directed 32 kung fu films, like Madame Bamboo, Fury of the Shaolin Master, and Young Dragons: Kung Fu Kids III.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Sing Chen	Dr. Chau	AKA "Hsing Chen," "Cheng Shing," "Cheng Sheng," "Chen Xing," "Chan Sing," "Xing Chen," and "Chen Hsing," he's a Thai martial-artist who played a dock worker in the wham-bam-thank-you-thank-you-Van- Damme-Van-Damme Double Impact. Was in over 140 chop-sockeys, including The Shanghai Thirteen, The Black Panther (no not the MCU one), and Fan Dau Mui.
Ling Chia	Chin Ku	Often went by "Judy Lee" when movies were released in the US. Was in Revenge of the Drunken Master, The Escape, The Flying Tigers and the Kung Fu Kids, and No One Can Touch Her.
Don Wong	Hu Yu Han	Sometimes credited as "Tao Wang," this Korean actor was in many flicks (including Yellow-Faced Tiger and The Battle for the Republic of China) and a great many TV shows (like "Secrets de Xangai," "See You in Time," and "Be with You").
Lo Lieh	Master Mui	AKA "Lieh Lo," "Lit Law," and "Lo Lien," he had a very long and distinguished career in kung fu movies--almost 250 of them -- spanning from the '60s to the year before his death in 2002. Five Fingers of Death, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and Fists of the White Lotus, to name a few.
Chiang-Lung Wen	?	AKA "Man Koon Loong," "Chiang-Long Wen," and "Man Kong Lung," he was a Taiwnese stuntman who was in about 60 films, including The North and South Chivalry, Shaolin Kung Fu, and The Solitary Sword.
Yi-Kuei Chang	?	Was in over 80 flicks, including One-Armed Boxer, A Touch of Zen, The Fists of Vengeance, and Golden Mask.

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