Reviewed by: dleedlee Date: 11/14/2004 A highly entertaining martial arts/fantasy film, the video suffers from being one of those Winson truncation jobs in which a two part movie is squeezed onto three vcds. It clocks in at just under 174 minutes, not too bad, I suppose. Since there’s no demarcatin on the video between Parts 1 and 2, i.e. opening credits for Part 2, this review will cover both parts. The story revolves a quest for a powerful sword hidden underwater and guarded by a sea monster. Lau Hark Suen's character sends his acolyte (Yuk So-Chau) to find and retrieve the sword. Along the way she meets Cheung Ying Tsoi and two fish selling siblings. The brother, Kam Hoi (played by female actress Lee Fung-Sing) is temporarily endowed with gong fu powers by an old crone (Yung Yuk Yi) who wants him to bring back her son and daughter. The sister (Au Ka-Wai) is cast under a spell by Sek Kin, given a new identity and becomes his tool to obtain the sword. There are swordfights and battles aplenty in the film and one character fiercely wields a bladed ball on a chain. The special effects, of the Buddha's Palm series variety, consists of mainly shooting light beams, circling swords, etc. There are numerous 'underwater' scenes where the swimming is simulated by guided wires. Besides the aforementioned sea monster, there is also a man-sized lizard-like frog, a giant bird/bat and a snow mountain yeti creature to add to the fun. Lau Hark Suen appears in a garishly painted on eye paint. Sek Kin, at least in the video rendition, appears as his rival but in a more secondary role. Yue Ming (in buck teeth) and Chow Kat play two very quirky (and funny) priests(?) who brandish massive caliper like weapons, one shaped like a reclining skeleton threatening to decapitate one character’s leg and another that looks like a biting tiger. They are positively daffy. Speaking of massive, for some reason, most of the swords wielded by the supporting characters, as is the coveted underwater sword, in the film are huge, almost five feet long in many cases. Hmm, what would Dr. Freud have to say? And oddly, Au Ka-Wai somehow reminds me of Paris Hilton. This is definitely old school and very fun to watch. Reviewer Score: 7