entertaining, but not all that brilliant

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2001)

I was amused by the film and thought it was interesting how most of the action is centered around female characters (a la Xena, Charlie's Angels, etc.) and the cinematography was beautiful.
But the story is rather childish. I was really annoyed at how everyone kept giving that bratty girl Jen more chances to clean her act up when she had no respect for anyone, whether it be her lover, Jade Fox, or the warrior couple. If these warriors were so smart, why did they keep giving her more chances? She was so irritating and petulant I wish someone would have killed her already, and smashed her stupid comb while they were at it.

And since when can martial arts experts fly like Peter Pan?! The whole time I was watching that all I could think about was Tinkerbell. That really ruined a lot of the fight scenes.
If you want to see quality Chinese films, check out "Farewell My Concubine" and "Raise The Red Lantern". But most of the viewers here won't - because lets face it, it is men who like the special effects.
I'd say it gets six stars.