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A dying teacher instructs his final student to check on the activities of five former pupils, each of whom he taught a unique and special style of kung-fu to: The Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard, and Toad (hence the title). His final student, who knows a little of each style must team up with one of the other good students to destroy the evil ones if there are any. Greed and treachery ensue as the student discovers that some of the students are indeed evil. But which one can he trust enough to team up with?

This is an excellent Gordon Liu movie. One of his best. At least one of my favorites. There are some amazing scenes thorough the film. One of my favorites is at the end. I don't know how they did some of this stuff. I have trained Martial arts since age 3 so I know a little bit about it and I have to say that some of this stuff is excellent. Here is the setting: A Manchu Prince (Lung Wei Wang) uses trickery to coax the secret fighting skills out of the Shaolin and Wu Tang masters. He the creates a rift between two young students (Gordon Liu and Adam Cheng) who were once the best of friends despite their respective backgrounds. Forcing the two...