The martial arts film that inspired generations of action films, rap music, and pop culture, The Five Venoms is the story of the last student of a dying martial arts master who is trying to fulfill his master's wish to find his five disciples and bring them together -- or bring them to justice. The student, not fully trained, embarks on a quest for these deadly and mysterious experts, each of whom has been trained in a different fighting style.

Kung fu master Chen is tricked and his hands crippled by the villainous gangster and brothel-keeper Tuen, who also forces his sister into prostitution. No longer able to practice the martial arts, he becomes a lowly street entertainer, performing with his beloved trained monkey Ah Mao. Monkey is a petty thief and meets Chen and the two begin an odd friendly relationship until Tuen's men slaughter Chen's pet monkey, causing Little Monkey to try and...