Best known to western audiences for his incredible martial arts sequences in Matrix and Kill Bill, Yuen Woo-Ping's action-packed kung fu fantasy features stunning cinematography, dazzling choreography and the director's trademark dash of comedy.
Playing the Fire Dragon, a ruthless assassin on the road to redemption, is Taiwanese screen superstar Brigette Lin - described as a latter-day Betty Grable, fabulous at fifty, and with over 100 films under her black belt.
