The directorial debut of one of the greatest martial arts choreographers of all time,
Tang Chia, is a manic comedy wire-fu extravaganza in the same vein as
Buddha's Palm or
Zu: Warriors Of The Magic Mountain etc, featuring lots of inventive fight scenes and some goofy special effects. The comedy is often rather goofy, but I found it quite pleasing in this film - and it's nice to see
Ti Lung get a relatively comedic role for a change. He's quite charming as the goofy good-natured monk who doesn't know that he's actually the heir to an usurped throne (yeah, it's one of those stories).
Derek Yee gives a straighter but equally satisfying performance as his younger brother.