Using the kind of misguided thinking that led to outright slaughter during The Boxer Rebellion (during which gung fu experts, convinced that their prowess would protect them against gunfire, found out otherwise), Gordon Liu has his men line up in front of what amounts to a firing squad. Reasoning that there may be a chink in their armor after all, he decides to fall back and regroup. Meanwhile, a manhunt is underway for Lei Kung, a kung fu master who seems to have vanished into thin air. Several cases of mistaken identity occur and, at one point, Alexander Fu Sheng tries to pass himself off as the missing master. He pays the price for his little deception. All of this is incidental to what has to be one of the greatest fight sequences in martial arts movie history. It's so good that it has to be seen to be appreciated, and it's why I rate LEGENDARY WEAPONS OF CHINA a solid ten. The scene lasts a full five or six minutes and is worth seeing by anyone who likes martial arts movies.
Review of Legendary Weapons of China
