After two films playing legendary kung fu master Ip Man, reigning movie martial arts king Donnie Yen branches out to bring a new action hero to the screen with fantastic results. The film, directed by Wai-keung Lau, is a gangster movie with a twist, set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Yen plays the right hand man of the local mob boss who moonlights as a masked crime fighter. The story is a bit overcomplicated at times, but the fight scenes are always top-notch. As an added bonus, the film looks gorgeous, particularly the sets that recreate Shanghai as the center of opulence/decadence.
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