This may not be one of Lau Kar Leung's more well-known films as a director, and not one of Gordon Liu's most famous screen-appearances either. However, "The Shadow Boxing" is a classic in its own respect and it contains a good portion of humor and above average acting from several familiar SB stars.

According to the film, legend has it that if someone passed away far from home and their family badly wanted them to be buried in their home village it was possible for skilled magicians of the time, called "corpse herders" to make the deceased walk up-straight and start their journey home!!

Plot: Two Corpse herders, Fan Xiaoyuan (played by Wang Yu) and Chen Wu (Played by Lau Kar-Wing) accompany a troupe of Zombies in order to get them home to their families so they can be put to rest. They do not know that a framed police officer named Zhang Jie (played by Gordon Liu) just has escaped from prison and that he is walking right with them, just acting as a zombie!

Also, Fan Xiaoyuan's female friend, Fei Fei (Incredibly good looking Cecilia Wong Hang-Sau) wanna join the corpse herders to avoid an arranged marriage for her part.

This is the beginning for many funny events!

Xiaoyuan and Fei Fei is suspicious about Zhang Jie, how come he can Swallow, run fast, turn his head, and STEAL CHICKENFOOD when he is supposed to be dead? Meanwhile, the men who framed Zhang Jie, a corrupt police chief and his partner in crime, played by Lee Hoi Sang (36th chambers of Shaolin) is about the reveal the truth about Zhang Jie's whereabouts!

I won't leave out the rest here but some definitive highlights are Wang Yu's "Vampire Kung Fu" and Gordon Liu's "Eagles claw" performances. And who can forget about Wong hang Sau's first attempt to COACH the army of the walking dead, peep the restaurant scene folks, hahaha!!

The Shadow Boxing" may not please every martial arts aficionado since there are long pauses between the fights but to sum it all up, it is a good film that is worth picking up and add to your collection.