Rating:

Stars: Yeung Fan, Ti Lung, Cynthia Khan, Zhao Zhang Jun, Ngai Sing

Director: Sammo Hung

Fight Choreography: Sammo Hung

1993, Hong Kong, Grand March Motion Picture Co.

Complicated and sentimantal plot that moves around Wong "Mighty Sword" Wu (Yeung Fan) leader of the Black Flag army, who meats Tan (Ti Lung) who has some new ideas to improve China and make it more equal and just.

 

One of the best new wave movies I've seen, superior to others in that it has more real kung fu and is a high quality movie.

The main guy (Yeung Fan) is great, especially with the sword. If I'm not wrong, this guy has small roles in "Fong Sai Yuk" and "Tai Chi Master" with Jet Li.

Zhao Zhang Jun is very good too with his wushu, does some drunken swordplay and is a good actor.

For the Sammo fans is a short cameo by him. Also a cameo from James Tien as a Mongolian leader.

All the actors are all very skilled, but the wire use is quite silly at times making people jump like they were in the moon. I think they use to much slo-mo and speed-ups too. Except for this it's great having lots of kung fu forms and fights and good acting.

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