The hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, saddled with two presumptive wives.
Stunts
Jet Li fights inside a rolling wooden cage like a hamster of death
Acting
Josephine Siao steals every scene as the unhinged tiger mom
Direction
Corey Yuen balances slapstick and genuine political intrigue
Director
Corey Yuen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fong Sai Yuk is a real Cantonese folk hero, though the real historical figure probably didn't have this many wife problems. The 1993 release capitalized on Jet Li's post-Once Upon a Time in China stardom.
Josephine Siao was 45 playing Jet Li's mother despite being only 13 years older. She reportedly did many of her own stunts and accidentally kicked a stuntman unconscious during the gambling den fight.
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