I thought this was another great Andrew Lau movie. His use of special effects incorporated with the fighting has progressed nicely, and I enjoyed this a great deal. As with all his movies, an outstanding opening credit sequence sets up the style of the piece, then his actors set the story in motion.
This is the kind of movie that I really liked but would have trouble defending. Yes, the plot is cheesy, Yes, its full of historical inaccuracies; but who gives a shit? I love the style and flavor of the movie, and I even liked Nichoilas Tse's acting. His work in "Time and Tide" is better than here, but he's still got plenty of time to improve. Another solid Lau comicbook movie. 7/10
Oh, and I got the "Special Cut" DVD, which, judging from the other reviews, is missing some of the more silly sequences. For example, Ekin doen't fly to the moon in my version(unfortunantly).