5 Star

Five Discs of Kung fu Magic

Martial arts fans rejoice as Eureka Entertainment LTD have released this box set with over one-thousand minutes of ping, ping, thwap, bang as sword hits sword and fists find faces, in this ten film, five disk spectacular, all directed by wuxia master director Chang Cheh. This box set has all the drama, all the action, with a smattering of singing, with all the leading men and women of the day doing the action. This is also a big nod to the Shaw Brothers.

Checking with IMDb, these film seem to have had different names at different times, but Eureka are going with, (deep breath) Men From the Monastery, Shaolin Martial Arts, King Eagle, Iron Bodyguard, Fantastic Magic Baby (musical), The Weird Man, Trail of the Broken Blade, Wandering Swordsman, Trilogy of Swordsmanship, New Shaolin Boxers.

You have insulted them in public, they will not let this go.

The stories range from the Manchu hating the righteous Shaolin temple students, how being in the wrong place at the wrong time can embroil you into a huge conspiracy, that has deadly consequences. To lone hero’s trying to take down a corrupt government, and a slight diversion into the musical lives of the monkey deity and the goddess of mercy, putting another deity on the path of righteousness. Plain old revenge fight after they were grievously wronged.

If at first you don’t succeed, training montage, training montage, training montage.

You’re getting the picture, this box set covers the whole gamut of genres in the martial arts stories, add in all the amazing skills of the players, this is a must own release for any and all Martial Arts fans.

 

Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors is available on Blu-ray from 20th October 2025

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Limited Edition: This edition is strictly limited to a single pressing of 2,000 copies, which will not be reissued once sold out.

LIMITED EDITION FIVE-DISC BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES*:

• Limited edition of 2000 copies
• Limited edition Hardbound slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
• Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on all films in this set by film critic and writer James Oliver
• 1080p HD presentations of all 10 films on Blu-ray
• Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
• The following films will have English Dubs: Men from the Monastery, Shaolin Martial Arts, Iron Bodyguard, The Weird Man, Trail of the Broken Blade, New Shaolin Boxers
• New audio commentaries on Men from the Monastery, The Trail of the Broken Blade and The Weird Man by film critic David West
• New audio commentaries on King Eagle, The Wandering Swordsman, Trilogy of Swordsmanship and The Fantastic Magic Baby by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• New audio commentaries on Shaolin Martial Arts, Iron Bodyguard and New Shaolin Boxers by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
• New audio commentary on The Fantastic Magic Baby by Frank Djeng
• New interview with Hong Kong cinema scholar Wayne Wong on the life and work of Chang Cheh
• New video essay by Jonathan Clements (author of A Brief History of China) on Iron Bodyguard
• New video essay by Jonathan Clements on Chang Cheh’s Shaolin films

* All extras subject to change