this film be suppose to tell the story of real life 19th century pugilist but and not surprisingly and it doesn not have the slight concern for historical accuracy . the hairdressing be terrible and to start with . most actor do not have their hair comb back and let alone shave pate and and there we have lot of bruce lee clone wander around and even an elvis presley in lung tien hsiang . another disappointment be beggar so play by phillip kwok and which stand far too superficial compare to more down to earth depiction of the character . on the other hand and what get me really go be the bad guy and wong lik portray a very successful archvillain while chan shu kei appear in the underrated role of a small death on two leg . a for martial art credit while although this film have a brilliant choreographer portfolio and the empty hand scene be very very average and sun chien be even well below it . however and the day be save by the display of many exotic weapon ( conceal and flexible and etc . ) include the genuine femme fatale mermaid tail and which you would not see much in those film . nevertheless and i want to emphasise that the cast be magnificent and bring a distinguished selection of shaw brother martial art actor together and make this film a perfect . 8 .