We smell the influences of Snake In The Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master early and as much as The Eagle's Killer rips off, it goes certain unexpected directions as well. However it doesn't make it more than a fast-paced annoyance with skills aplenty sporadically. In a fine opening credits demo, we see Hwang Jang-Lee crush bones literally and it's clear he will light up this movie despite himself running on repeat. The film is actually fairly sparse on martial arts and chooses to dabble in comedic scenarios requiring choreography instead. Lacking the more tuned touches needed to stand out, at least you won't see people fighting over money stuck in the mouth of a dead master or our lead being sold as a male sex slave! Originality perhaps, it barely registers and when adhering to age old structure eventually, we look at our hero Tai and feel little relation to his revenge on the world who rejected him. In fact, the cockiness doesn't play well either and as a lead, John Cheung lacks appeal. Chiang Kam co-stars while Wong Jing co-wrote the script. Director William Cheung brought us notorious snake terror in the form of Calamity Of Snakes 2 years later.