The movie looks and sounds good, but could have used a script boost. Donnie Yen stages some good action scenes, but it was a mistake to cast him in the role he played; he's too old and too dull. Nic Tse cake-walked through this one; I like him, but he put no effort into this movie and the movie's weaker because of it; maybe it was written into his contract that he couldn't show up Donnie. He does a good job in the action scenes, but when he's not fighting he's just standing around making faces (including a rip-off of an expression Vicky Zhao Wei did in "So Close"). Shawn Yue tries to add some life to the party, but his character (Turbo) is not well scripted; he's sort of a dope who thinks he's better than he is with his nunchukas, is shown up to be a loser by Yuen Wah as Master Wong, only to have Master Wong give him a spritz of "Instant Hero" and transform him into the equal of Dragon and Tiger.

The movie might also have been better if they'd tried to develop one love story instead of two; there just wasn't enough time for both, so they're both weak and don't add much to the story.

This isn't the epic extravaganza it wants to be, but it's still worth a watch for the action scenes, with the operative word being "a."