Jimmy Wang Yu had just exploded into superstardom as The One-armed Swordsman when he teamed with respected writer/director Cheng Kang for this tale of master martial artists vying for the title blade - a "weapon of exceptional brilliance". And with legendary martial arts choreographers Lau Kar-leung and Tang Chia directing the action (and appearing as fighters), the result is a superb, flat-out adventure of intrigue, deception, abduction, and one battle after battle until it culminates in an amazing all-out slaughter.
