fight sequences/choreogra phy

They are pretty good but I was very very impressed with the choreography of, in my opinion, the far superior Kid with a Golden Arm. You need to see that flick if you already have not.

"Do you know what the definintion of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed." - Zoe from Serenity

Hell,yeah,it does! When I first saw that that final fight years ago, my jaw damn near dropped because I couldn't understand not only how it was done so damn well, but how the hell it was even done at all. I'm sitting there like, "What the **** are they doing?" to "How the hell WERE they even able to do all of that?" It's actually a pretty unconventional kung-fu without the usual "revenge theme", and some of the scenes are actually quite funny. Plus this is one of my favorite underrated comic/martial artist Wong Yue's best roles as the title character ever--I've always thought of it as his first real "adult" role, since he always played the young hotheaded punk getting caught in some somebody's else business. I didn't get the film the first time I saw it, because I was then just getting back into the kf as a genre (it's considered a ground breaker in terms of its choreography, which was done by the late great kf director Lau Kar-Leung,who also directed this film,one of his true genuine classics)) so I didn't really appreciate until I had gone through most films of the genre, and then I understood why it was a unique standout from the glut of regular run-of-the-mill kung-fu films that were churned out daily back in the Definitely a straight-up classic in its own right, and a must see, (especially for Lau Kar-Leung fans!)

Very technically elaborate fight choreography, and very clever too. The scene where the 11th prince fights behind the prostitute kind of foreshadows the later scenes where Ho has to fight behind (and in front of) the 11th prince. There are slapsticky fight scenes, and then there are light-comedic fights such as the assassination attempts on the 11th prince, where the assassins keep trying to disguise their attacks with ordinary actions, such as pouring wine, holding a vase, etc. And those are also foreshadowed earlier with the 11th prince's attempts to disguise himself as someone with no fighting skills. In other words, the filmmakers actually put some thoughts into having "themes" and purposes in the fights, instead of simply a parade of random fight scenes like so many other films in the genre.

definitely in the same league.

i was actually drawn to this movie because i was childishly amused by the title and wasn't expecting much. the creativity and skill behind the action really blew me away.

imo