It starts with two guys on a stage fighting in a tournament. Cut to son/father argument and son leaves home. He goes drinking with his friends. A bunch of tourists leave without paying after hitting on the owner's daughter. Jimmy steps in and a fight results.
The first fight features white guys as stunt men. The result was as bad as anything ever made in Hollywood. Why use white guys as stunt men when there were hundreds of extremely talented Asian guys available for $10 a day?
Jimmy apparently killed the guy and is doing hard labor in the next scene. He gets a mean letter from his sister blaming him for father's death. He swears never to fight again. On release from prison he refuses an offer to fight in legitimate martial arts contests.
Jimmy Heung Wah-Sing began his career starring in this one movie. He then went on to co-found Win's Entertainment with his brother. Fortune followed by producing Stephen Chow's movies. This was either fabulous luck or his suspected link to the triads. It could have been talent too but no talent was evident in this movie.
I am a hard core fan of this genre and I never heard of this movie. I acquired it only because it was labeled as martial arts. I tried to review it on its own merit since it is a one of a kind. The "fighter who refuses to fight" plot is emotional and requires acting that builds up to the climactic moment. Jimmy has one emotion - frustration. One movie - one emotion. He also does "passed out drunk" but that doesn't count. The only good fights in this movie were with Tsai Hung and he has done better.
Bottom line, I watched it once, I'll never watch it again, I cannot recommend it, and rate it below average for the year and genre.
