mad swords

in sharp contrast with the conventional heroes of integrity prowess and masculinity the one in mad mad mad sword is an common man with numerous weaknesses and a complete worthless student of a prestigious school to the surprise of all however he manages to defeat a string of renowned swordsmen including the one armed swordsman and the blind swordsman by tricks and luck a hilarious parody of the martial arts genre which was hugely popular during the late 1960s the film makes one recall the spaghetti westerns of bud spencer and terence hill or such spoofs as blazing saddles and young frankenstein by mel brooks all of which nonetheless were made in the mid seventies directed by the prolific wang tianlin father of wong jing it s both surprisingly inspiring and highly entertaining