Water Margin is not like most Shaw productions you may have seen. From the score, the sets & the overall feel this film gives a fresh look into martial art movies.

Desribed as an "Epic" it really needs to be seen with its sequel "All Men Are Brothers" to achieve that feeling. The storyline was decent but it needed to be stretched out longer. At times it has an almost rushed feel to it. Many characters are introduced for seemingly no reason at all. It almost felt like watching a Little League baseball game where the coach gets everyone on the team into the game. There was a lot of fat on this film that could've used some trimming.

David Chiang is the focal character here and while he does possess some leading man characteristics he really never was as good an actor as Ti Lung who was grossly underused.

The fight sequences were disappointing to me considering all the action directors working on this film. David Chiang's wrestling abilities were just horriblbly awkward looking and really were not impressive at all.

One thing that suprised me was the score in this movie. Very 70's U.S. film sounding. Kind of what you think you would here in a Shaft movie or the like. It was different and I liked it.

While not really a great movie. It was very watchable for the pure fact that it's different that the usual Shaw stuff. Really should be seen in conjunction with its sequel.