Gordon Lau Kar-fai plays Wong Fei-hung (referred to here in Mandarin form as Huang Feihong) in this period effort, which features one of popular villain Johnny Wang Lung-wei's most memorable turns, but still ends up as one of director Lau Kar-leung's lesser Shaw Brothers efforts. Feuding martial arts clans create havoc for Master Huang Qiying/Wong Kei-ying (Ku Feng), while son Feihong and his friend, Yinlin (Mai Te-lo), spend their time unsuccessfully trying to pass themselves off as kung fu experts. Even after being humiliated by a real martial arts instructor, the pair continue to try and best one another in public by hiring opponents that will take a dive. Thanks to a misunderstanding, Yinlin is seriously injured by Shan (Wang), a kung fu man from the Jing Wu school in the north. When Yinlin has his leg broken by thugs, this is just the start of an on-going plot to besmirch the reputation of both his and Feihong's schools.

While it sidesteps the usual tired revenge theme, the storyline manages to be both contrived and predictable. Fortunately, as one has come to expect from Lau Kar-leung's work, the kung fu is beautifully choreographed, with Gordon Lau and Kara Hui Ying-hung coming off particularly well. In addition to displaying fine technique, Johnny Wang gives a wonderful performance as the guileless but principled Master Shan, a character quite far removed from his usual ruthless, single-minded Manchu villains. His climactic duel with Gordon Lau (which starts off in a "clandestine" manner, a la DIRTY HO, before ending with some prolonged, close quarters fighting in a very tight alleyway) is cleverly conceived and executed. Chu Te-hu and Wilson Tong Wai-shing co-star, and Hsiao Hou appears as one of Feihong’s fellow students.