| Also known as The Bloody Fight, this old school martial arts actioner surely sold a ticket or two thanks to a better alternate title. However neither version can hide the fact that this Chinese martial arts vs. Japanese martial arts story is re-cycled stuff that also goes down roads of extreme tedium. Flashing a little high flying creativity in the fight scenes at times (as well as gore and overall mostly during the finale), otherwise the choreography is lacking imagination in the most dreadful of ways. Especially since quite a number of the leads (men and women) merely know posing but little of how to sell a fight. They get very little supported by the filmmakers though. Alan Tang stars opposite Pai Ying while Chen Kuan-Tai and Eddy Ko appear as henchmen. |
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