The Daredevils & Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		3.0
Overall		3.5

The Daredevils & Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman March 25, 2025

Fans of The Five Deadly Venoms* should be excited to see this double feature from Eureka! Entertainment. Both of these films are part of Chang Cheh's celebrated "venom mob" series, and Ode to Gallantry in particular has been rather hard to find. These are two more in the absolutely gargantuan Celestial Pictures effort to offer seemingly endless supplies of Shaw Brothers films in often rather nice looking high definition presentations. Both of the films included here also have two commentaries, one by Frank Djeng and Michael Worth, and the other by Mike Leeder and Arne Venema.

*Note: The link points to a way old release from Vivendi Visual that I reviewed many years ago, but there is also another newer version available as part of Arrow's immense Shawscope Volume One set.

For reviews of the films included please click on the following links:

The Daredevils Blu-ray review

Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray review

The Daredevils & Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Daredevils & Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Daredevils & Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Eureka! has packaged The Daredevils and Ode to Gallantry together on one disc with the following supplements:

The Daredevils

• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth


• Audio Commentary by Mike Leeder & Arne Venema

Ode to Gallantry

• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth


• Audio Commentary by Mike Leeder & Arne Venema

Deadly Venoms (HD; 18:10) features Wayne Wong discussing how the death of Bruce Lee led to ensemble based films like the ones on this disc, and indeed all of the "venom mob" movies almost by default, since "mob" kind of implies an ensemble.

Additionally a nicely appointed insert booklet contains an essay by James Oliver, along with cast and crew information and Eureka!'s typical viewing notes and calibration advice. Packaging features a slipcover.

The Daredevils & Ode to Gallantry Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Each of these films has something a bit unusual about it, with The Daredevils offering an unusual setting (both in time and place), and Ode to Gallantry offering a showcase for Philip Kwok. Technical merits are generally solid, and both sets of commentaries and the other included supplement are informative and enjoyable. Recommended.