Considered by his controlling father to be too weak to inherit the secret Huo family kung fu style teachings, fourth son Huo Yuan Chia (Leung Kar-yan) nevertheless secretly watches and learns what he needs to. Naturally, because he's the hero of the story, he grows to be shit-hot at martial arts.
It starts out a little ropey and the comedic (perhaps even political?) mocking of stereotypes do it no favours, but Dir. Yuen Woo-ping's Legend of a Fighter gets better and better as it goes on, giving Leung Kar-yan (aka Bryan Leun) ample opportunity to demonstrate remarkable skills. It's very much in the spirit of a Bruce Lee movie, so fans of his may want to check it out.
3½ defenceless eggs out of 5
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