Hwang Jang Lee stars in this low budget epic that seems to follow two typical kung fu film story arcs.
Story One: Dong Wong (try not to giggle) roams the countryside beating up all opponents and anyone in his way who claims to know Kung Fu.
Story Two: A goofy old Master roams the countryside with a band of women, ripping off peverted men by "selling" the women to them. He then mentors a young student in Kung Fu, who unknown to him is his lost "son".
Both stories join together about midway through the film. Hwang does a decent job as a generic bad guy, Dong Wong (hee hee). In fact the movie borrows elements from "Drunken Master" and "Fearless Hyena" in terms of humor and story.
Unfortunately the technical aspects really kill the movie experience. Most of the film is dark. Very dark. Couldn't the film crew afford the light the sets? Apparently not. The english translations are often hilarious. At one point a kung fu trainee talks with a Canadian accent. The fight scenes are decent, but again shot in mostly darkness. There are definitely worse kung fu movies out there, but also much better.
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