Wanderers Chu (Chi Kuan Chun) and Pan (Bruce Leung) venture into another town and use their self taught Kung Fu to earn money for necessities. Chu accidentally kills a man while trying to help a woman and her daughter being assaulted. The accident is witnessed by Militia Captain Liu (Park Jong-Kuk), who has no choice but to arrest the two wanderers.
Chu and Pan are escorted, along with another prisoner, San (Yue Tau-Wan), who is wanted for everything from murder and rape to petty theft, to the magistrate's office. San's boss, Tiger (Chan Sing) sends minions to "rescue" San from his fate.
Chu and Pan keep San secure, while Captain Liu and his men deal with Tiger's minions. It is this act that convinces Liu Chu and Pan are truly good people. he promises to put in a good word with the magistrate and is positive everything will work out well for them. San's threats they are now all in serious trouble with Tiger falls on deaf ears.
Chu and Pan are treated very well, as they wait for their time before the magistrate (Think Ti Lung's Wu Sung in Delightful Forrest) They are released and go back to wandering. Liu goes on leave the same day an is broken out of jail by Tiger's minions. San and the minions pay Liu's home a visit where they, of course, slaughter his family and kidnap him as a lesson to those who would cross Tiger's path.
Chu and Pan decide to visit Liu and discover what Tiger's gang has done. They go in search of Liu to help him. Liu, who has been tortured by Tiger's gang, escapes his captors, only to assaulted in the woods not too far from where Chu an Pan are venturing. Liu is rescued by a drunken retired kung fu fighter (Phillip Ko Fei), who takes the wounded Liu to an abandoned temple to recover.
Chu and Pan discover the Drunkard has Liu and attempt to "rescue" him. Their made up styles are no match for the Drunkard, who thinks they work for Tiger, and they are easily defeated. The drunkard cracks hard on their "skills" as he easily keeps them from entering the temple. The Drunkard suggests the duo go off and practice, learn better skills and come back for a rematch, which they do and once more are defeated. This time, Liu is on hand to properly recognize them.
Chu and Pan vow to take revenge for Liu, which the drunkard finds hysterical. he knows their "skills" are no match for Tiger. Chu is given an iron glove (a cross between the one used by Lu Feng in Crippled Avengers and Chen Kuan Tai in Iron fists) to counter Tiger's Eagle Claw glove. Pan, is given an instruction manual and told to study it. Despite being credited as a "Master", Phillip Ko Fei's character doesn't instruct anyone. He drinks like a drunken master, but he doesn't teach Chu or Pan anything.
While Chu is working on his skills with the glove, Pan is skimming the manual for moves. he uses it more like picking things from a catalog than how it's meant to be used. Regardless, they practice hard for confronting Tiger.
The finale fight starts out like all Chu and Pan's fights, deciding who goes first, then Pan initiating things. Their banter is amusing as they kick butt on the minions and make their way into Tiger's lair. Tiger's glove looks like Michael Jackson's glove made into a mitten with 3 fingers. It has claws so it does do some damage. Chu realizes he's "forgotten" to bring his glove to the fight as Pan is knocked to the ground for the 3rd or 4th time by Tiger.
Chu finds the glove when he's knocked on his butt by Tiger. The smirk on Chu's face as the glove on glove fight begins reminded me of something Chiang da Wei would do.
The constant smirks on Chi Kuan Chun's and Bruce Leung's faces shows how much fun they were having with this movie. It was reminiscent of Magnificent Wanderers. The fight scenes involving Chu and Pan were comical but effective. It is totally worth watching.
