Wènhòu péngyǒu!
(Greetings friends!)
We’ve got a fun episode for you, and it’s the last episode of 2020! Re-Gor and Patsy the Angry Nerd take the year out with a bang as they cover the Shaw Brothers film, Masked Avengers from 1981 and the spaghetti western, The Return of Ringo from 1965!
In the first feature, a gang of masked evildoers terrorize the countryside and it’s up to a band of heroes to take them down! The second is the sequel to “A Pistol for Ringo” and is a very different and much darker tale than the first one!
As we examine the Masked Avengers, we delve a little deeper into Phillip Kwok’s career, and discuss what are referred to as the 2nd Tier Venoms – they were usually actors who played a supporting Villain with Lu Feng, and appeared in many of the Venom Mob movies.
The 2nd Tier Venoms who appear in Masked Avengers are as follows:
Chu Ko – who played Liang Yung here.
Chin Siu-Ho – who played Chang Chung (as Hsiao Hau Chien) here.
Wang Li – who played Fong Su Kwong here.
We will discuss more 2nd Tier Venoms as they show up in future films.
Patsy the Angry Nerd and his podcasts can be found at throwdownthursdaypodcast.com.
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Enjoy!
Re-Gor
