All in all, this is an entertainingly stupid action comedy that never takes itself too seriously but fails to reach either the same level of excitement as Hark's Wong Fei-hung series.

A highly entertaining kung fu flick.

Through it all, Li's Wong stands as the embodiment of honor, dignity and rectitude. Until, quite to his surprise, he finds himself in a Wong Jing movie, where everything is given a devious twist, ranging from slight exaggeration to the seriously demented.

Hardly a masterpiece, the film does work as both a genre tribute and a genre parody, stuffed with gimmicky and patently unrealistic action sequences making extensive use of wires and physical effects, and interspersed with scenes of broad comedy.