Everything that had to be said about this movie has been said in these reviews, so I'll add whatever else has to be said, and it's mostly the same thing said again. This is a well written and shot kung fu comedy and drama, which was professionally and artistically handled. Gordon Liu Chia Hui handles the dramatic scenes with beautiful contrasts of emotions and the script takes usesful sentimental turns. The fight scenes are powerful and tightly choreographed, which is unlike some of the Shaw movies made at that time. Korean kickers Kwon Young Moon and Jang Ill Do play menacing manchus(believable because they are Korean and they can differentiate themselves from the rest of the Chinese actors, which makes their roles natural to them). However, there is one gripe. The fact that Liu Chia Hui doesn't learn any real kung fu makes his tecnhical defense against Wang Lung Wei and the rets of the fighters unbelievable. This is in more of the line of Dreadnaught(1981), where the characters learn kung fu using bits and pieces of real kung fu, quickness and power developed through a unique training method, and wits, instead conventional kung fu training. Highly recommended. ****/*****