No pun intended - and while there is a female in a bigger role in this, my summary line was not even remotely meant to "target" her. No this is about the weapons used in the movie. Which all clearly are not metal! And while you can't really tell maybe during the fights, you can tell when they just hold the "weapons". Yes the movie may look its best since it was released (or maybe even better than it did back then),but it also has the added "bonus" of showing us things like this.

That all aside, the fights are nice and are thrown every once in a while. This may have more story than most movies Joseph Kuo made. He still obviously likes to ... let's call it inspire himself by other movies and actors. But that's ok, when the end result works like a charme ... or something close to it.

Lui is a powerful ex-minister who opposes the ambitious premier Hu Wei Yen. After Lui is assassinated, his daughter Lui Sin (Polly Shang Kwan) and an assorted group of those loyal to the emperor seek revenge and justice.

Also known as Shaolin Death Squad and Shaolin Posse - none of these titles are correct as there are no kids, a death squad or a posse - this Joseph Kuo-directed film is about revenge. As Lui dies, he demands that Lui Sin find revenge for him. Meanwhile, Hu Wei Yung has started expanding his empire by working with tha Japanese.

But Lui has something special beyond her martial arts skills. She has a series of battle orders and letters that prove that Hu Wei Yung has killed her father and been treasonous to the emperor.

Keep an eye out for Carter Wong - Thunder from Big Trouble in Little China - amongst the wuxia battles. It's not the best martial arts movie ever, but it does have a combattant so tough that he cuts his own arm off and goes right back into the fight.

When a ruthless Premier writes a self-incriminating letter that ends up in the wrong hands (the delicate but deadly hands of the lovely Su Lin),he will stop at nothing to get it back. The Premier kidnaps Miss Lin's father and she risks everything to free him. She poses as a male guard to access the castle where he's being held (an improbable occurrence in many Martial Arts movies, where the female is just TOO CUTE to ever be mistaken for a man); aided by General Lu, they find and rescue the old man- but the good General is killed by "Earth and Sky," a pair of assassins who seem to draw their strength(s) from their namesakes. Meanwhile, the dastardly Premier lures the King to his hometown "to taste the sweet spring water." Shaolin warriors are recruited to try to stop the Premier... A nice costume drama, with some neat little (minor) twists at the end.