Chu thus re-emerged specializing in soldier stories, but he eventually washed up in this genre, as well. His motion picture Motley Platoon was badly trounced by a batch of similar shows, as well as a wave of Hong Kong kungfu comedies and zombie movies that made great inroads into the Taiwan market.
朱延平東山再起的主力是軍教片，卻也敗在軍教片，後來拍的《雜牌軍》在一堆同類型電影，和大舉入侵的香港功夫喜劇片、僵屍片中慘敗。