The story begins rather unusually with an old quadraplegic man, carried in a sedan chair, visiting old colleagues who each immediately commit suicide as if repaying an old debt. A flashback explains the circumstances that have led to this; many years ago a man had his limbs removed over a case of mistaken identity and the boy in his care was taken by one of those responsible. The boy grows up to be Li Yi Min, of course, who has spent his entire childhood learning kung fu.

In a seemingly unrelated sub-plot, someone is going round killing all beggars in the area. The beggars themselves are looking for a new leader after the last one was murdered. Li Yi Min, in the meantime, manages to get into a number of scrapes, that allow to show off his talent, and also befriends a local begger. He soon finds himself embroiled in the feud between the beggars and their enemies and also discovers that the man he has come to know as his grandfather is more than just an ageing kung fu master. And then the paraplegic guy turns up again…..for a kung fu movie this is complicated stuff.

The film does feature some excellent kung fu action and Li Yi Min doesn't disappoint especially in the awesome staff fight with the villains henchmen. The plot might be difficult to follow but the action is plentiful and rather flamboyant, especially one scene set in a darkened room; the filmmakers managing to generate an atmosphere of tension and suspense.

Production-wise this is another low budget effort mostly filmed in outside locations; the final showdown being set on the side of a hill. Li Yi Min might not have had the screen presence of Jackie but he would certainly compete on martial arts ability and again we get to see plenty of tumbling and acrobatics and of course his excellent sense of timing.

When the chief villain is finally unveiled its not a character that has already been introduced to the audience and so the film loses out on emotional impact at the end, despite the excellent kung fu action.