Directed by John Woo, it features the better gimmick of his comedies and for some stretches of film isn't the biggest insult disguised as an homage. Woo goes for the under cranked motion, classic silent comedy routines and even obnoxious Dean Shek keeps somewhat in character. Whether or not the entire film has routines "stolen" from Charlie Chaplin I don't know but there's really only novelty value for a few minutes in this Woo film. Barely amusing, not much of a laughing time and more than a little overlong becomes the verdict ultimately. Somewhat fun to spot typical Woo inclusions though, this time involving religious imagery and an early Hong Kong screen image of one of Woo's idols, Alain Delon. Wu Ma, Wong Wai and Karl Maka co-stars.