| Jet Li may have worked a lot with Corey Yuen but his pairing with Yuen Woo-Ping results in very compelling Hong Kong action cinema. Made at a time when wire assisted fight choreography dominated, Yuen Woo-Ping delivers several topnotch and imaginative fight sequences. A few ropey wire shots and choppy editing appears but nothing that will detract from the quality of the action. Storyline doesn't break any new ground but that doesn't matter when the main cast is Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh and Chin Siu Ho. Jet may have found his dream role as Wong Fei-Hung in the Once Upon A Time In China series but takes what was seen there and adds a boyish charm to this role. Chin Siu Ho should've been a bigger star and despite another role alongside Jet in Fist Of Legend a few years later, his career never really took off. Yuen Cheung-Yan, brother of Yuen Woo-Ping, appears in a supporting role. |
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