A very pleasant surprise

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2001)

Coming across what seemed like an old type kung fu movie in the theater surprised me, but since I hadn't seen one in ages and always love the rope work I decided to go see it. Not expecting more than a pleasant way to waste a few hours I was astonished.
This movie had everything you almost never see in a martial arts movie: A good plotline, excellent acting, characters that are more than a caricature and excellent filming and scenery. Next to that there was of course the excellent martial arts choreography and rope work one expects from this kind of movie, but here it was a mere part of the whole movie. Not a movie centered on martial arts with a bit of dubious plotline thrown in to make it progress but rather a story involving actual people who just happen to be martial artists.
My advice: go and see it!