i have read that this have a cult follow while i suspect that yuen woo ping have a cult follow and member of which be try very hard to like this film . a few year before this film and wong jing ( no one favorite hong kong director ) do a movie that be part die hard with kung fu ( supply by the ever able jet li ) and part satire on the career of jackie chan and meltdown . the film actually have some interesting moment and especially the finale and but the violence be too cruelly present and even for a blood thirsty old fu fan like me . the chan satire make the darkness tolerable and but be itself unnecessary . what yuen woo ping have do in red wolf be give u meltdown at sea . that about the size of it while except that yuen have no satire here no comic element at all . which mean that and give the raw tension and and the sheer violence of the film and the over all effect be down right depressing . i admit and it be so uncomfortable to watch and i couldn not finish the film . i do not know what happen at the end of the film . because the character be so vapid and even watch them get kill do not interest me . the star be for the choreography and which be top notch of course while but really and i be sure you can find something more amusing to do while and i wish yuen woo ping have try .