It starts with women on a forced walk to become prostitutes. Our hero (pulling a coffin on a cart) intervenes and after a fight sets them free. One girl follows him. He goes to town and stops at the teahouse to eat but they have a problem with him parking the coffin out front. After another fight he leaves with takeout food.
A straight forward story, heavy on the drama but they did not forget the action as it is good and plenty. There is no conflict, it is all black and white. The hero keeps his moral ground, he is unbeatable from the beginning but needs a bit of help at the end. It was interesting and held my attention all the way. I rate a tad above average for the year and genre.
The lead, Henry Lu Yi-Lung, was in about 100 more movies, many martial arts movies, and this is the first I have noticed him. I find no biographical information about him.
