I am not sure why the first reviewer was down on this movie (Bad popcorn?)at all. I would call this a smart ,exciting and well acted film. There are few bumps in the road a few of the characters in here should have been fleshed out a bit more. However the main story is rather good and keeps your interest as our hero Hsiung Chao plays a rather intelligent and able lead. It's actually nice to see a Kung Fu film especially from Shaw where the hero isn't just relying on brawn or skill but brains. This movie is also a bit of twist as our hero usually played bad guys and our villain Chih-Ching Yang usually plays good guys like someone master etc. Everyone in this is petty,shortsighted and greedy except our hero and his lady who are far from perfect themselves,what could be more realistic than that? The fight scenes are rather good and realistic except at the very end I think it was bit forced as far who gets who goes.
