Being an eighteen-year-old Mainland Chinese film, the picture quality isn't as quite as good as most Hong Kong films of the same age. There's nothing that can be done about that. However, the picture is very acceptable and the English subtitles are excellent.

The action is spectacular and the story is good for a kung fu movie. I thought Jet's acting was wonderful. Had I not known before watching this movie, I never would have guessed this was his first major role in a film.

Many of the scenes of this movie were filmed in the actual Shao Lin temple. However, there are a few sequences that were obviously filmed on a sound stage with paintings depicting mountains used as a backdrop.

One of the cool things about this DVD is a very rare supplemental documentary about Jet Li. It has footage of Jet as a young boy, a teenager, a young man and also shows Jet's family. I've never seen any thing like this before. After Jet became a star, he also became extremely private.