The story is a bit convoluted but begins with a miserly businessman, miffed at constantly being tapped for money by the local kung fu school, sending his young son away to learn kung fu in the hope that he will return to teach the instructors a lesson (its obviously a long term plan). The boy undergoes years of extensive training at the hands of Simon Yuen and grows into Li Yi Min. Unfortunately, although he has learned all the moves Li Yi Min has never actually been taught how to fight anyone; his master instructing him that using martial arts for fighting is wrong. This obviously throws a spoke into the wheels of his father's plan and he is sent back to learn kung fu again.

On his way to find his master Li Yi Min manages to get himself into a number of scrapes and although he doesn't know how to hurt anyone his acrobatic ability keeps him safe and his attackers inadvertently end up hurting themselves. He also teams up with a girl pickpocket, disguised as a boy, who cons him into providing protection for her. The pair of them manage to make quite a few enemies along their travels and Li Yi Min soon realises he must learn a more aggressive style of kung fu if he is to be able to protect himself.

While the plot is not so fluid the martial arts action on display here is simply stunning. Lee Yi Min's martial arts and tumbling are simply a joy to watch and with the action scenes being made up of long takes with numerous complicated moves the viewer can fully appreciate his ability. The Yuen Clan is credited with crafting the action and it certainly does carry their trademark style for inventive and challenging fight choreography. A standout moment is when Li Yi Min faces three spearmen with him first bare fisted and then armed with a sword. The sequence is a jawdropping display on par with any I've seen.

Sadly the film lacks a real villain, its just a group of people who are a bit disgruntled with the hero and his partner's antics, which is disappointing given that Lo Lieh appears and one feels that an opportunity was wasted here. The quality of fighting in the finale is still of the same standard but there just isn't quite enough real raw motivation behind it. Still though, this is a worthwhile addition to the Drunken Master series (however unofficial).