I had watched the previous two entries in the series also featuring Chow Yun-Fat but it's been too long to really make comparisons, except to say that I recall enjoying them. Actually a prequel, set in Saigon at the time of the Vietnam War, this was made with no involvement from the director of the earlier films (John Woo). The action highlights, as can be expected, are quite good - even if displaying a tiresome over-reliance on slow motion effects. However, it's bogged down by a dreary romantic triangle plot line...
Even if I was disappointed by this third film in the series (there's yet another follow-up, from a new director, called RETURN TO A BETTER TOMORROW [1994] - which is available at my local DVD outlet...but I don't think I'll be renting it anytime soon), I still have another Tsui Hark epic waiting to be watched this week, SEVEN SWORDS (2005), which does sound promising...
Even if I was disappointed by this third film in the series (there's yet another follow-up, from a new director, called RETURN TO A BETTER TOMORROW [1994] - which is available at my local DVD outlet...but I don't think I'll be renting it anytime soon), I still have another Tsui Hark epic waiting to be watched this week, SEVEN SWORDS (2005), which does sound promising...