Reviewed by: Bruce Date: 08/05/2001 Summary: Chang Yi and Tong Bo Wan open cans of whupp This review is based on the VCD, which had no subtitles, so some elements of plot and characterization went over my head (since I don't understand Chinese). But since this is a martial arts movie, I can still review it from that perspective. The plot concerns two rival waterfront gangs, and their efforts in drug smuggling, gambling, and prostitution. Between the rival gangs are the hero (Chang Yi) and the heroine (Tong Bo Wan). Since the film was made in 1972, the brawling is pretty elemental. Chang Yi is good as always, but Tong Bo Wan's fighting isn't really convincing (still, she's pretty to look at). The film starts off slowly, and the first fight doesn't take place until nearly 20 minutes into the film. But it's a nice gender-reversed scene: Tong Bo Wan and Chang Yi are walking together down a deserted street when suddenly a dozen thugs appear. Chang Yi steps back out of the way (I guess his polite philosophy was "Ladies first"), and Tong Bo Wan singlehandedly fights off all the attackers. Tong Bo Wan also has the second fight, a fight reminiscent of a famous scene in one of Bruce Lee's films; she whupps a bunch of guards outside a park restricted to non-Chinese, after she sees the guards beating some Chinese children who had sneaked in. Chang Yi doesn't begin fighting until the 2nd half of the film. Twenty minutes before the end, the action shifts into high gear, with the hero and heroine fighting unarmed against a zillion (well, over a hundred anyway) bad guys. Punch one anywhere, and they spit blood, grimace and collapse. There is also a scene earlier in the film which combines sex and violence in a very unsettling manner. But any big fans of female kung-fu films of the 1970's will probably want to have this film, because of the way Tong Bo Wan is empowered, and the sheer quantity of males she beats down with her fists.