Star vehicle for Wu Chien Lien and Chow Yun Fat. The movie is a mixed bag, as it oscillates between being a fish out of water comedy, a tragic romance and an action movie. Chow plays an American agent who goes to the Shaolin temple on some mysterious assignment. Other than bringing some elements of Western culture like baseball, Pepsi and Gameboys to the tradition Shaolin environment, he spends most of his time falling for a mysterious woman with supernatural powers played by Wu Chien Lien. And then there are the requisite bad guys, ensuring that Chow gets to blow and shoot things up. Overall, the movie is enjoyable if you like the stars, and don't mind the heavy dose of sappy melodrama.