One of Chor Yuen's last 'martial world' stories for Shaw. A far cry from the quality of the ones he was making 6-7 years previously and there's a cheat at the beginning with clips of Ti Lung, David Chiang and Alexander Fu Sheng making you think this is going to be an all-star collaboration. Instead we're stuck with Tony Liu in a story about the quest for an antidote and the usual betrayal and plotting that takes place en route.
Yuen appears to have been smoking a fair bit of opium during production because that's the only reason I can find for the drug-inducted garish visuals and quirky FX work. The colour scheme is spot on but the film is let down by awful costumes and generally lacklustre fight choreography, although Yuen Wah is always welcome. Some reliable actors in support including Lo Lieh and Sun Chien, but everyone present has done better work and it only springs into life right at the end.
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