The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
Reviewed by: danton on 2002-01-03
I checked out the new Universe DVD of this Jet Li movie, and it's definitely the best version of the film I've seen so far (much better than the awful Taiseng disc). Not too many extras, but a good clean transfer with removable subtitles.

I'm assuming everyone has seen this movie. For those who haven't: Jet Li is teamed with the kid who played his son in My father is a hero. They are Ming loyalists involved in anti-Qing resistance set during the destruction of the Shaolin monastary. It's a typical period wuxia movie, with well-staged fight scenes, and plenty of humour (this is a Wong Jing movie, after all). Chingmy Yau plays the love interest, and Deannie Yip steals the movie as Chingmy's mother.

If you like the swordplay genre, this is a good one.