The plot is nearly convoluted and almost incomprehensible. The gist of it is that Tien Ping is a martial hero trying to get away from his many foes and ex girlfriends. One girl he has his eye on belongs to a secret sect that doesn't want to let her go. Precisely, when he first arrives, he encounters a woman's hand sticking out of the forest floor beckoning to him. Not falling for that old ruse, he ignores it. Then, moments later, a lady and her convoy are attacked by a ground burrowing guy called Golden Bell. Tein Ping comes to their aid, beating the tar out of Golden Bell and his cohorts. Typical stuff in the world of kung fu.

The rest of the plotting is an ever increasing cast of characters, most of them bad or shady, with at least a handful of characters being people under hoods, veils, or shadowy silhouettes. It culminates with Tien Ping finding their secret White Cloud City and being told the only way he and the girl can escape is to fight their way out. Tien Ping's buddy that I completely forgot about from the first few minutes of the film suddenly shows up to lend a hand. The head-scratching ending, I think, is supposed to imply the entire thing was the most elaborate and confusing dating game ever conceived.

Honesty, the film feels like a hallucination, and not the cool surreal Eraserhead or Arizona Dream kind. It is the kind where it doesn't make sense because they were most likely working from a threadbare script and just making up as they went along, all compounded by the fact that it probably wasn't translated well. It is all very uneven, one minute an action scene is poorly choreographed featuring late reactions and obvious editing to cover up the lack of stunt prowess (like an actor punches into the camera and cut to a guy falling down bit), then the next scene will have a cool stunt where our hero jumps through the roof of a cottage disposing of thugs on the roof.

The DVD: Crash Cinema

Picture: Fullscreen. Bad tape transfer. Worn out. Muted Colors. Soft and grainy. Especially suffers form poor contrast which makes some of the nights scenes a chore to watch.

Sound: Mono. English Dub. Same as above, worn and weathered but serviceable.

Extras: Chapter Selections--- Jump to the Fights Feature--- Gallery of screencaps.

Conclusion: Maybe worth a peek for the voracious kung fu fan, otherwise not many thrills to be found.