The Legendary (1999)
Reviewed by: dandan on 2007-06-24
Summary: bandwagonesque...
a spin-off from the 'young and dangerous' series that focusses on the story of the character of tai fei (anthony wong) or, more accurately, on shin (alex lam). shin is a boy who is on the lowest rung of the ting sung triad ladder, but he has a cocky attitude and an ambitious boss, king (benny lai). shin and fei cross paths when shin and his friends start to make trouble at fei's sauna; after being taught a lesson by fei, shin vows to kill fei.

meanwhile, fei gets a call from an ex-girlfriend, who has cancer and is dying. she reveals that fei has a son who she never told him about; shin. as the pair struggle to accept the news, shin is drawn deeper into the king's dealings, whilst a double-cross brings fei closer to his son...

yep, it's pretty bad. this is a pretty poor film, which is only saved by the presence of anthony wong, even if this tai fei is completely different to the one that we first saw in 'young and dangerous 2' (especially as he was dai fei). this isn't enough to save the film from utter mediocrity and should, in no way, encourage you to watch this film with any illusions of it being half decent.

best left on the shelf...