And so for the past five years or so, he has been struggling to overwhelm the one part of the world he does not control, the United States of America. But somehow none of them really ruled, took over, stamped out and crushed all opposition, as the Emperor prefers.
Old ways are better.
It's really a Hong Kong kung fu opera, unrepentant, full out, sans apology or explanation, goofy as heck, broadly silly and . . . astonishing. Chan plays Wong Fei-hong, the mischievous son of an herb doctor somewhere in China in what appears to be the '20s. Having ventured to Siberia in search of rare herbs, he tries to avoid paying duty on them on a train trip home by hiding them in the English ambassador's luggage. But someone else is on the track of the missing seal, a Manchurian officer who wishes to return it to the . . . Let's cut to the fights.