Hero Among Heroes
AKA: Heroes Among Heroes, Fist of the Red Dragon
1993
Directors: Yuen Woo-Ping, Chan Chin Chung
Action director: Yuen clan
Stars: Donnie Yen, Wong Chuen, Fennie Yuen, Ng Man-Tat, Sheila Chan, Lee Ga Sing, Hung Yan-Yan
Hero Among Heroes has the basics for a good wire-fu flick, with folk heroes Beggar So (Donnie Yen) and Wong Fei-Hung (Wong Chuen) teaming up to defeat a corrupt prince (Hung Yan-Yan) dedicated to exporting opium, but things are derailed by several very dopey "comedy" sequences, most of which feature the normally hilarious Ng Man-Tat as So's beleagured stepdad. The action, besides a few very obvious bits of wire work (as in you can actually see the wires), is rock-solid, but the exposition scenes are almost painful to watch. Hero Among Heroes is a decent rental, but it's nowhere close to the classics of the genre.
RATING: 5
A review of the DVD for this movie can be found here