The 11th of 14 princes travels incognito to the palace for the naming of the heir. He is the favourite and becomes the target of assassination on his journey, during which he befriends a conman - Dirty Ho. This film should give Liu Chia Liang top ten international status as far as i'm concerned. It has a series of blinding set pieces with a top sound track and excellent performances all round. The opening credits sequence is a "dumb show" of the film to come shot on a white sound stage - superb. The comic set pieces boast the best choreography seen in shaw productions and the true highlight of the movie is a scene where wang and gordon liu fight each other while trying to appear like they are just having a cup of wine together to the others. From the second you first see Gordon Lius' face at the start you know you wont be dissapointed.

[Reviewed by Andrew Best]