Thursday, November 10, 2011

True Legend

After rescuing a prince from a bunch of bad guys, all General Su Can (Vincent Zhao) wants to do is go home to his family, despite being offered a job as governor by the thankful royalty. He recommends his brother-in-law Yuan (Andy On) for the job and rides off into the sunset thinking he’s done a good deed. If only he knew what a twisted jerk his wife’s husband really was, he might have killed him instead. The next time they meet, Yuan has mastered the deadly fighting style of the Five Venom Fists and is using it to get revenge on the man who killed his father, who happens to be Su Can’s father. The intrigue woven throughout this film, directed by Yuen Woo Ping (Iron Monkey), is well plotted, but it never gets in the way of what Ping does best — filling the screen with amazing martial arts battles.

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