Jacky Cheung won his second best supporting actor award in his acting career at the Golden Horse Awards for this particular film. His last one was for "As Tears Go By" in 1988 at the Hong Kong Film Awards. His portrayal of Au Yeung-cheun is great.
The film with Sam Hui in traditional Chinese costume was pretty odd. The other principal actors - Aman Cheung, Fennie Yuen, Cecilia Yip and Lau Siu-ming were excellent. The storyline isn't too well, but boy, the swordplay is great. The supporting cast and crew has done a great job in making the film better to watch than it supposed to be.