| This movie is a golden oldie for me. Sure, some of the comedic bits are pretty stupid. And the references to Superman, Batman and James bond, etc. are totally out of place and anachronistic as hell. (These appear in the English dub. I don't know what is said in the Cantonese version.)
The budget was obviously pretty low, and the story not that great. So why do I like this movie? I'll probably have to chalk up a fair amount of my affection to nostalgia. But also the great chemistry between Leung Kar Yan and Philip Ko Fei.
And of course the fights, which are great--really great--although I wish there had been more of them. But the end fight is a hall of famer for sure. I remember watching this as a kid. And when Ko Fei broke out that horse style, I was mesmerized. I had never seen anything like it. And I don't think I have since.
But in any event. This is one of the few movies, where I will say that the end fight alone is worth the price of the movie... Leung Kar Yan's dragon style and Ko Fei's horse style versus Wang Lung Wei's hellfire fist: priceless. |