Whoever wants to be the best in anything, has to accept some negative influence on the rest of their life. Mostly in the private sector of it. You have to have a crazy feeling for it and you have to be really obsessed. Something our main character seems to be ... and then some.
Ti Lung is quite the charismatic man and having him lead this movie is genius to say the least. I wasn't sure about what the movie wanted to do in respect to the moral core and theme of the movie. But it became apparent ... and there is a message here. And the movie overall is quite bleak. What joy does one have in doing what our main character does here? I don't think I had seen this before and I did see a lot of Shaw Brothers movies when I was a kid. I am still surprised by the amount of nudity I do find in some of the movies (like the ones Bruce Lee was in or this one).
It also depicts women a certain way that can be considered sexist to a degree. Try not to be to upset about things like that. The movie does not bathe in it and still sort of gives the main female a voice. Even if it isn't the biggest and best one ... but there are impacts and repercussions to any action taken ...
Ti Lung is quite the charismatic man and having him lead this movie is genius to say the least. I wasn't sure about what the movie wanted to do in respect to the moral core and theme of the movie. But it became apparent ... and there is a message here. And the movie overall is quite bleak. What joy does one have in doing what our main character does here? I don't think I had seen this before and I did see a lot of Shaw Brothers movies when I was a kid. I am still surprised by the amount of nudity I do find in some of the movies (like the ones Bruce Lee was in or this one).
It also depicts women a certain way that can be considered sexist to a degree. Try not to be to upset about things like that. The movie does not bathe in it and still sort of gives the main female a voice. Even if it isn't the biggest and best one ... but there are impacts and repercussions to any action taken ...