New unofficial biography of the Flying Fox

The sword-heroes Wu Yattou and Miu Yanfun are honored in the world of martial arts, but are despised in the ruling Qing dynasty . Two heroes arrange a meeting for the sake of a friendly duel, despite the fact that on the way to Yanfun Yatto, he and his wife are ambushed by the people of the Tianlun clan, the faithful dynasty. Although his wife, Yattou, is nine months pregnant, she easily manages to deal with the attackers. Upon meeting Yattow, Yanfun applies his skills against the guest in battle, unaware that his friend Thinh Quineun is sleeping with his wife Nam Lan. Before the fight, Quainun smears the blade of Yanfun’s sword with poison, which is why he, in a fight, inadvertently kills his rival. Having given birth to a son, the grieving wife Yattou commits suicide, which is why Yanfun decides not to take the sword in his hands for ten years.

Many years later, Yattow's son Wu Fei, nicknamed the Flying Fox, living with Uncle Phin Si, studies martial arts from the leadership of his deceased father. His martial arts are good, but the guy still loses in a fight with a fighting girl Yun Chii. Later, Fay watches as his rival cracks down on the best fighters of the local clan, and then hides with a well-deserved golden seal. Fei learns that Chii fought and won the seal of the remaining thirteen clans for the sake of her teacher Miu's plan, who wants to protect the people of these clans from ambushes at the upcoming meeting in Qing Palace. Finding her teacher, Fay blames him for killing her uncle, unaware that he was framed. The guy swears revenge on Yanfun. When Yanfun is later blinded by poisonous smoke in an attack organized by a Qing official Fukhon-neem, Chii convinces the guy to put off his revenge for a while. Together, they are looking for a cure that leads them to a mansion, where the girl Chin Linsou keeps chrysanthemum leaves that can cure Yanfun. Having banished the mistress's uncle, Sak Manchanya, who does not want to give away the leaves of chrysanthemum, three go to cure a blind man. During his recovery, Faye decides to kill the hero, but he shares his point of view about the death of his father and uncle, and eventually both agree first to prevent a plot against the clans and kill Quainu, and then fight in a duel so that the guy can finally carry out his revenge . Yanfun at a meeting of clans publicly discloses a conspiracy, after which a battle is unleashed, during which Fei kills Manchanya, but he himself receives poisoning. Having escaped to shelter, Linsou in front of Chia rescues the dying Fei at the cost of her own life. During the decisive battle of two fighters, the dying Nam Lan confirms Yanfun's conjecture that Quainun killed his father and Uncle Fei. Immediately the guilty one arrives with two swords from the bout of Yanfun and Yattou, buried once in the grave of the latter, fully confident of his victory. Duelists can not beat an opponent because of his swords. The situation is saved by Chii, giving his life for the sake of the victory over Quineun.

Andrew Pragasam on The Spinning Image website announces the film as the best of several novel film adaptations and believes that director Lau Ciyu is “doing a great job” ^[5] . Mike Banner, the author of reviews at Far East Films, puts the film 4.5 stars out of 5, concluding that “this is an exciting action thriller filled with the best entertainment of kung fu, but due to lack of depth, it misses a higher rating” ^[6] .

• “The New Informal Biography of the Flying Fox” (eng.) On the Internet Movie Database