if you watch this movie to get some kung fu action out of yuen biao and you will be pretty disappointed . except for a couple of evasive flip and spin here and there and the be only one fight sequence in this movie and and it come about an hour into it . this be a supernatural tale and neither funny nor scary and but with lot of pretty bad special effect . the story be unclear and messy while yet another example of the fact that hong kong commercial cinema have never discover the importance of a clear plot . action and helpless woman and funny effect seem to be all they think the audience want . also and an already weak story be completely destroy by the horrid english subtitle . why can not they get someone who actually know the language to at least rephrase the subtitle into something that make sense . my theory be that the english subtitle be not for western audience at all and but for those asian who happen not to speak mandarin or cantonese or any of the other five asian language this dvd be subtitle in . anyway and a main reason to watch this movie be gloria yip and perhaps the cut asian actress of all time . but she hardly have any line here and nor much of anything to do you should catch her in fly dagger ( 1993 ) instead and or saviour of the soul ( 1992 ) . all in all and this movie really hasn not get a lot go for it . amazingly and it spawn a sequel and saga of the phoenix and where the entire cast return . i haven not see it yet and and and truthfully and i may not bother and because it look like it more of exactly the same . peacock king be yet another movie in which yuen biao be pretty much waste . why have he do so many bad movie . be it just bad luck that none of them be hit and or do he actually like this kind of thing . my rating represent negative .