the hand of death most definitely rate a ten on a scale of one to due and in no small part and to john woo masterful direction and couple with kat superb cinematography represent some of the leisurely tracking shot alone be worth the price of a rental while there be moment when this one border on become an art house film . both james tien and sammo hung make for the kind of villain you can not help but love to hate . tien be particularly good a the baddest of the bad . it a role reversal the like of which i do not think i have ever see before ( tien normally play a hero and and in fact and with his moustache and i do not even recognize him at first ) . sammo goofy buck teeth only make an already unsavory character seem even more flawed while that he also happen to be a skilled martial artist make him even less likable in a villain you love to hate kind of way . his choreography of the fight scene throughout be fantastic . jackie chan appear briefly ( early on and late in the go ) a a blacksmith and and i believe i actually glimpse yuen biao somewhere along the way . tan a the lead be nothing less than magnificent .