of all the kung fu film make through the 70 and 80 this be one that have develop a real cult follow . with the exception of all the film bruce lee star in this be a film that have stand the test of time and it due to the unique story . an age kung fu master tell his last pupil yang tieh ( sheng chiang ) about five pupil he have train in the past . all five wore mask and nobody have see the face of each other and they have all be train differently . their specialty in kung fu be the name they have adopt like lizard and snake and centipede and toad and scorpion . the master call them the poison clan and he do not know what have happen to them so he want tieh to find them and help the one that be do good to stop the others that be evil . an old man who be once a member of the poison clan have a map to where he have hide a lot of money and he seem to be a target . tieh do not know what they look like so he have to mingle in society and try and figure out who they be . tieh have discover that the snake be hung wen tung ( pai wei ) and along with tang sen kue ( feng lu ) who be the centipede they kill a family to find the map . a map be find by a mystery man who turn out to be the scorpion but know one know who he be . a local policeman name ho yung sin ( philip kwok ) investigate the murder along with his partner ma chow ( chien sun ) . sin have a friend call li ho ( meng lo ) who be the toad and they do know of each others identity . the snake bribe the local official to pin the murder on li ho and while he be in prison he be torture and kill . when sin find out he team up with tieh and together they go to combat tung and kue . this film be direct by cheh chang and he be a very special director when it come to these film . chang be not your run of the mill kung fu director and his film always have a special quality to them . while most martial art film deal with revenge chang do not use that a a central theme . even though there be some revenge go on later in this story this film be more complex than that . five men train by the same master in different way and wear mask . then they be all in the same area and not know who the other be . very unique story make this film different from all the others and most of chang story be in a class all by themselves . i wouldn not exactly put it in the same league a enter the dragon because bruce lee be a worldwide icon and the martial art he exhibit be more authentic look . this film still have some impossible feat like cling to side of wall and all the flip through the air but this film isn not necessarily about fight scene . it more about the intrigue of the story and the character that be involve . that alone make this different from all the other kung fu film . very well make with a unique story .