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THE OFFICIAL NORTH AMERICAN DISC PREMIERE WITH 3 HOURS OF ALL-NEW SPECIAL FEATURES More than four decades ago, “one of the strangest and most shocking martial arts movies ever witnessed” (DVD Talk) drove 42nd Street audiences into a stunned frenzy. Today it remains an “amazing” (Severed Cinema), “genuinely jaw-dropping” (High-Def Digest) “undisputed masterpiece” (Grindhouse Database), and is officially licensed on disc in North America for the first time: When a cruel crime boss chops off the arms of a peasant (Sung-Chuan Shen aka Frankie Shum, who was born with Thalidomide Syndrome) and acid-dissolves the lower limbs of a henchman (Chao-Ming Kang aka Jackie Conn, born with small, deformed legs), the two disabled men train under a mysterious master to combine themselves into one unstoppable fighting machine and battle their way to vengeance. Chung Chien Li (THE GUY WITH THE SECRET KUNG FU) and Mu-Chuan Chen (THE IRON MONKEY) co-star in “the FREAKS of martial arts cinema” (1000 Misspent Hours) directed by Chi Lo aka Joe Law (THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN), newly scanned in 4K from the interpositive with 3 hours of revealing Special Features produced exclusively for this release. Special Features for THE CRIPPLED MASTERS: Audio Commentary With Frank Djeng, Co-Producer Of ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE Audio Essay By Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon Unleashing The Legends: The Godfathers Of Kung Fu Distribution – Interview With Temple Of Schlock's Chris Poggiali Original Trailer New Line Cinema U.S. Trailer Feature Specs for THE CRIPPLED MASTERS: Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 Runtime: 92 mins Audio: English Mono, Mandarin Mono Subtitles: English SDH, English Region: A/B/C
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The Crippled Masters (1979)
90 min
Two men, one a lowly peon and the other a dutiful nobleman, are betrayed by their master and crippled for life-- One left with no arms and the other with paralyzed legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they strive to seek revenge against their evil master. The two men endeavor to track down the fabled Eight Jade Horses, said to hold the key to special martial arts techniques.