I found the film mildly enjoyable. The spoofs of HK action cinema were good, especially the restagings of some famous actions scenes from films like Police Story, but the film took a downward drive whenever the Japanese cast members were front and center.
Yuen Biao has a nice role and even gets to display some of his skills in the extended training scenes and the confrontation with the Korean (?) martial artist Won Jin, who was so impressive in displaying the scorpion style in Operation Scorpio.
For anyone nostalgic of the kind of action movies HK doesn't seem to want to make anymore, this amusing hommage to the golden age of HK action cinema offers some nice chuckles and welcome cameos.
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