i saw this for about the third time last night and mildly inebriated and have a wonderful time . it essential view for michelle yeoh fan and a she give one of her most ass kicking performance whilst look sweet throughout . she play a sort of female indiana jones type with nifty kung fu skill and and whups numerous bad folk from start to finish and ably support by tung shing yee . the plot be a standard heroic chinese take on weaselly japanese type affair and a our hero seek to prevent the building of a poison gas factory in a mountain town and rescue it sympathetic leader youda and well portray by lowell lo a a slightly weak and fuddle but basically good patriotic guy . richard ng provide the most obvious laugh with his swindler character and again and basically a good guy and the whole crew be an engage lovable bunch . the japanese be all pretty villainous and be help out by leg fight genius and veteran bad guy hwang jang lee . the film be simply great entertainment throughout and with a fairly light tone and plenty of laugh . the choreography and stunt work be top notch and make for real thrill and the pace be fast . at time the budget seem low than it should have be but this doesn not hurt too much and the only real problem be the final block and the underuse of hwang jang lee . in the last twenty minute or so the film go into more of a battle mode and neglect the martial art and which be a real shame . criminally it do not give u a proper final fight scene and the conclusion be a tad unsatisfying . also and hwang jang lee doesn not get to do much of his trademark awesome leg work and nor be his character up to the standard of the thoroughly mean folk he have play in the past . it make me a bit sad and especially what with his role in drunken master or snake in the eagle shadow and to name just two . another and more minor issue for me be that despite the copious amount of bullet and arrow fly about and barely a drop of blood be see in the movie . i do not expect lone wolf and cub style violence in these film and i know the film be try to be light hearted and but it definitely would have give the final third more of a punch . still and these be small issue compare with how much joy i get out of watch this . fan of michelle yeoh or hong kong action from the eighty definitely need to check this one out .