Furious Slaughter, also known as Deadly Bunch or Super Dragon is a 1972 Martial Arts Movie starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
Released the same year as The Boxer From Shantung, made by Jimmy's former benefactor Shaw Brothers, the movie has Jimmy portraying the same character played by Chen Kuan-tai from Shantung; Wang-yu is Ma Yong-zhen, a drifter who travels to the big city hoping to make some big bucks in a local casino, only to end up uncovering a sinister plot involving the Yakuza who had set up base in the city.
A sequel was released weeks later, titled Bloody Revenge or Ma Su-zhen. The sequel stars Nancy Yen as Ma Su-zhen, the sister of Ma Yong-zhen who travelled to the big city to investigate the circumstances behind her brother's death. But Ma Yong-zhen turns out to still be alive.
Both movies contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Ma Su-zhen in the second movie, Bloody Struggle. Together with her brother, they form a badass Sibling Team.
- Big Brother Instinct: Ma Yong-zhen towards Ma Su-zhen in the second film.
- Blood from the Mouth: The Yakuza dealer from the first movie practically puked blood after Ma Yong-zhen crushed his guts.
- Bolivian Army Ending: The first movie. It misleads everyone else, including Ma Su-zhen, and the audience, into believing Ma Yong-zhen is dead. The sequel reveals otherwise.
- Eye Scream: The climax of Furious Slaughter have Yong-zhen being ambushed by mobsters, who throws sulphur powder into his eyes and rendering him completely blind for the rest of the fight. And he can still continue fighting despite having the disadvantage.
- Finishing Stomp: Ma Yong-zhen loves this, frequently stomping mooks in their guts until their innards are squished, as seen in both films.
- Grievous Bottley Harm: A fight scene in the first movie had Ma Yong-zhen being ambushed while at an outdoor food stall, near a stack of empty bottles. Naturally he gets to use a few of those bottles to beat up mooks.
- A Handful for an Eye: Ma Yong-zhen after receiving a faceful of sulphur powder.
- The Hero Dies: Ma Yong-zhen at the end of the sequel.
- Illegal Gambling Den: Much of the setting of the first movie takes place in a yakuza-owned casino.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Yes. Exhibit A: The first movie's Japanese main villain, after Ma Yong-zhen flings him off a balcony via Railing Kill, followed by Ma leaping off the SAME balcony so that he lands his kneecaps on his enemy's guts. note
- My God, What Have I Done?: This is the Tagalong Kid's response at the end of the first movie, realizing he's indirectly responsible for leading Boss Chao and the Yakuza leader into ambushing Ma Yong-zhen.
- One-Man Army: Ma Yong-zhen, being typical Jimmy Wang-yu, in both movies can take on entire legions of mooks and win.
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: In the sequel, audiences were introduced to a new character, Ma Yong-zhen's sister Ma Su-chen, who travelled to the big city to avenge her brother's death... and discover that her brother is actually still alive, having recovered from his injuries from the first film.
- Smoking Is Cool: Invoked. In the first movie, while infiltrating the casino, Ma Yong-zhen deliberately shows off an unlit cigar in his mouth, urging a nearby mook to light it for him.
- Super-Hearing: Ma Yong-zhen can somehow determine the outcome of a dice roll simply by hearing the volume of the spinning dice. He uses this skill to scam the casino of big bucks in the first film.
