影片描述世家子唐人杰和其兄唐人麟分别为黑社会老大沈天虹的义子和得力手下。沈在与另一帮派头子廖守宜的争斗中两败俱死，人杰主动替哥哥人麟及甘文彬顶罪，跑去江南。但文彬和人麟却屡派凶手加害与他，并谋取沈家全部财产。人杰在江南浪子相助下，终于杀死哥哥和文彬，二人也因重伤死亡。

由倪匡编剧，何梦华导演的功夫片。凌豪与李成鹰之父，原为合作伙伴，但凌父为抢夺李母，竟施计导致李父家破人亡。李成鹰为报父仇，潜入凌家作护卫，寻找机会报仇，期间李成鹰与失散兄长坤狮相遇，在互不知情下，手足相残，幸得李母及时透露真相，最后误会冰释，兄弟俩同仇敌忾，既报仇又为社会诛灭了一个专干贩毒勾当的罪魁……

因身怀“鸳鸯双刀”绝技而驰名江湖的白衣少侠雷力（姜大卫）被龙异之（谷峰）设计陷害，自废右臂退出江湖后，他隐姓埋名于某个小饭馆里当伙计，过着任人侮辱欺负的日子。邻居铁匠的女儿巴蕉（李菁）因对他心生爱慕，时常鼓励其重塑形象，无奈雷力战胜不了心魔。 有缘结识翩翩少侠封俊杰（狄龙）后，雷力重拾生活的信心，并说好在封俊杰赴过龙异之的约后两人一起去过归隐的生活。不幸的是封俊杰像多年前的雷力一样也中了龙异之的诡计，奋力抵抗一番终因不敌敌手身亡，得知消息的雷力大悲，矢志用左臂练就一身好功夫为好兄弟报仇。

本片乃六十年代末期片王(独臂刀)之续集,武侠片皇牌张彻,王羽及焦姣等原班人马合作;张彻大导演费心安排许多新奇的打门场面和花样,让王羽充分发挥武艺及演技,以保持光学的票房纪录及巨星风采.故事描述方刚(王羽)与妻子归隐田后,激于江湖义愤,破戒重拾[独臂断刀]力战强盗[八大刀王]及数百助手.

A SLICE OF DEATH / ABBOT OF SHAOLIN (1979) is another Shaw Bros. kung fu film with a Shaolin Temple theme. David Chiang stars as the monk Chi San, who survives the burning of Shaolin Temple and travels south to Kwangtung to raise money to re-build the temple as forces loyal to the Ching Emperor follow in close pursuit. He meets a merchant in Kwangtung who becomes his patron and he develops a group of followers, including Hung Si Kwan, a familiar character from Shaolin lore. There are lots of good fight scenes and a well-written script with interesting encounters between the varied characters.