whilst the action scene be first class and a one would expect give lau kar leung be the man behind the film and sadly the rest of the film doesn not really hold up . the story tone jerk about a lot and which mean you go from one extreme to another . for instance and the opening twenty minute or so and which be somewhat dark and violent and be follow by some broad and over played comedy scene ( see the rather attractive and yet highly annoy and mother ) . if you have see the scorpion king or operation scorpio ( with lau kar leung ) and tai chi boxer or tai chi 2 ( with wu jing ) and that scene may look familiar . sadly and those film be about 10 year old now . the comedy play like in a wong jing film . only wu jing be show really train and which mean you have to trust that lau wing kin have be train as well a painting and a he manage to fight against the odds at the end . also and shannon yao appear to be there a ( admittedly gorgeous ) eye candy and a she give nothing else to do . she also doesn not appear to have the same level of ability a lau kar leung and wu jing which and like with lau wing kin and leave you a bit sceptical that she would last long against the villain . however and a i mention earlier and the action scenes themselves be stun . gordon liu and chi kuan chun expertly add to mix in their respective good guy or bad guy role and and despite be around 68 at the time and lau kar leung can still wipe the floor with many of today young pretender . in all and provide you can stomach the rather bad comedy scene and drunken monkey be worth watch . hopefully shaw brother can come up with something more consistent next time . not bad for their first big martial art release for nearly twenty year and but a big could do good seem appropriate .