hmm, ironic title, considering this was the last time that the three brothers would all collaborate on...

hua (yuen wah) is using his textile factory as a front for his production of narcotics, unfortunately for him, his factory is polluting the waterfront that he shares with miss yip's (deeanie yip) fish farm. hua gets his lawyer, jackie (chan) to handle his defence against the law suit that miss yip brings against him. jackie is unaware of hua's illegal activities and is keen to succeed in the case; so much so, that he recruits his friends, wong (sammo hung) and tung (yuen biao), to help him. the three become romantically entwined with miss yip and her cousin, wen (pauline yeung), hua's rivals and ultimately hua and his goons...

this is a great film. jackie, sammo and biao are all at, or very close to, their peak; the rapport between the three, in their dramatic, comedic or action sequences is there to see and extremely fruitful. under sammo's direction, the comedy hits more than it misses, the drama and romance, particularly scenes with sammo and deannie, works well and the action sequences are incredible, thanks to the collaboration between jackie and sammo's stunt associations.

from the first sequence at the seaside cafe, the three squabbling at jackie's flat, the night club sequence, the boat fight and the final showdown, plus any i've ommited, are amongst the best work that any of the three have done. they're infinitely inventive, immaculately choreographed and executed perfectly. at this point, i should mention the contributions made by dick wei, billy chow, yuen wah and benny urquidez; who all perform admirably as well.

great stuff, one of my favourites...