fighting fool

It’s Meng Yuan-wen (star of The Master
Strikes) versus Kuan Feng in this wild
and wacky wushu saga of a priceless
pole with a spectacular secret. A
master martial artist’s silly disciple
struggles to save it from an evil
white slaver, the slaver’s duplicitous
wife, and even his own bone-headed,
but greedy, companion. Hsu Hsia
choreographs the abundant action, as
he had for both Five Superfighters and
Drunken Master. The result is both
sublime (for its kung-fu) and
engagingly ridiculous. (IVL)