Picture: Anamorphic Widescreen. Not the greatest image in the world; however it is a vast improvement over the original Universe release. Of course, thats not saying much. The print is a bit spotty, soft, and has a lean towards hues that are a tad too warm, rendering flesh tones too flush with red. Certainly good enough to watch and own, but nowhere near the quality it could be if they actually put some effort into securing a better transfer.

Sound: DTS or 5.1 Cantonese or Mandarin language tracks with optional Chinese or English subtitles. Basically tinkered with eh surround a little but the original fx still comes across as pretty tinny and weak. Personally, I would have liked a little more bass response adding some punch to the score and power to the action. The subtitles are a complete mess, rife with grammatical errors and misspellings. You'll get such gems as ?Does it worth?? and ?Why do he hang up the flag?? It makes the feverish plot much harder to decipher.

Extras: Not much, slipcase cover, trailer, text synopsis, and cast and crew bios.

Conclusion: Well, one would assume a remastered edition of a film wouldn't have lackluster picture quality and terrible subtitles. The folks over at Universe only get away with the ?remastered? tag because their first DVD edition of the film was garbage. As for the film, it is a decent enough HK new wave, fantasy action film, though not quite up to the level of classics like Dragon Inn, Burning Paradise, or Swordsman 2. I'd lean towards a rental for casual fans and a throwaway purchase for die hard HK cinema freaks.