tragic hero be a film that be most definitely try to emulate the classic godfather film and focus on family and crime and loyalty and and revenge . also and this be part of a two part series a the godfather also be ( at the time ) . however and this film come nowhere near the level of those classic film and actually fair bad than other triad thriller be release in hong kong at the time . one reason be the act . with the exception of chow yun fat and the acting be generally over the top and unbelievable . the audience tend to find the proceeding humorous simply because the actor inability to maintain any degree of seriousness . a a result and we find the film not truly emotionally involve or intense since we do not particularly care what occur with these character . another reason be it lack of focus . the narrative try to incorporate many different story element into the film and but this result in portion of the movie become underdevelop as well a lack any real sense of coherency . the audience sometimes become lose at the proceeding we be view and not know what the character motivation be . the film climax do contain a decent gun fight and but again since we do not care about the character and we do not care who live or who die while the scene lose it intensity and suspense because of this . the other action set piece be rather mundane in nature and with a feeling of it be too control rather than free flow . in general and this be a strictly average film and isn not recommend to the general film viewer . only hard core genre enthusiast and fan of chow yun fat should consider this film for view .