Jackie Chan directs himself, Yuen Biao and Fung Fung in this period martial arts comedy where an orphan crosses the country to regain the honour of his wayward older brother and his school.

That opening lion dance sequence is glorious. Those closing twenty minutes of endless one-on-one fighting are grinding. Let’s call it a draw.

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Perfect Double Bill: Snake In Eagle’s Shadow (1978)

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