As the absolute core of the film, the martial arts in this film are very bad. The martial arts moves in this film are acceptable, but like Yuan Heping's other works, there are too many anti-gravity martial arts and too many fast shots in this film, resulting in low credibility of the martial arts scenes in the film. At the same time, excessive editing also destroyed the continuity of the martial arts scene and further reduced the sense of immersion in the martial arts scene.
The lens movement of this film is very bad. Like the poor martial arts films of the same era, the film also abuses tilted close-ups, and most of the time the lens movement is meaningless.
The script is not surprisingly bad, the film chose the classic theme of martial arts genre: Heroes against the Qing Dynasty. Just like other martial arts genres, this film also has straightforward expressions, stereotyped characters and superficial conflicts.
In addition, the film is also very lacking in other technical fields. The lighting of the film is very blunt, which is most prominent in the night scenes. The music is the same as almost all popcorn Hong Kong films in the 1990s, with serious problems. Like most Hong Kong martial arts movies, the sound effects of this film are not very good, not only the number of sound sources is small, but the sound editing is also very thin; the performances of several protagonists have no fatal problems, but almost all The performances of the supporting roles are very bad, either too exaggerated or too perfunctory, and even some supporting roles in the background of the scenes are obviously in a daze.
In general, although it is the work of the celebrity Wuzhi Yuan Heping, the level of this film is almost the same as that of the horrible Hong Kong martial arts film in the 1990s (mostly directed by Wang Jing).
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