Review by Uriah43

This film begins in Hong Kong with a chauffeur named "Fang Po" (Bruce Li) being informed that his boss has recently been arrested in Bangkok for attempting to purchase and then distribute a large amount of illegal drugs. This causes Fang Po's world to come crashing down on him because not only did he have a great respect for his boss but now everybody suspects him of taking part in the drug smuggling operation as well. Along with that a rival gang wants the drugs they believe were smuggled into Hong Kong and suspect that Fang Po knows where they have been stashed. And to make matters even worse, things become even more complicated when his boss' attractive "second wife" (credited simply as Dana) discovers that Fang Po was given a letter just prior to her husband's departure to Thailand which might have a direct impact on what she will inherit should he be tried and executed. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a rather uneven film which had an intricate plot along with a lot of martial arts action. Sometimes the action benefited the overall plot and other times it detracted from it to a degree. But what I particularly didn't care for were the scenes involving the young boy who played the boss' son which became quite annoying after a while. I was also somewhat disappointed with some of the martial arts scenes in which Fang Po was hit across the head with bats and metal pipes on a number of occasions but continued to fight on as if it didn't faze him that much. But I suppose it all goes with the territory. In any case, despite these flaws I still enjoyed this film to a certain degree and for that reason I rate it as about average.