Fan's Review

LEH - Unusual looking martial arts fantasy, kind of a Mongolian Dragon Inn. A group of heroes gather in a small village, to settle the score for a tragedy that took place 20 years before. Ti Lung is the troubled warrior out for revenge. Some wirework looks a bit dated, but all in all this is an engaging movie with many inventing and exciting action scenes. The vague spaghetti-western feel, with the lonesome hero out for revenge, is a neat touch.

SS - (***) On China's freezing northern frontier, Fung Hu Suet is the heavy-hearted, limping swordsman who meets up with a flashy kung fu virtuoso as shadowy forces pit the most powerful martial artists against one another. The plot is a hall of mirrors in which someone reading ambiguous subtitles might very well end up seeing his own confused reflection in the theater bathroom as he tries to make sense of it all. The numerous imaginative fight scenes are especially welcome, as are the unexpected dashes of humor.