When Governor Oryeeter reaches Canton, his guards kill Tai Bo, one of Fong Sai Yuk's friends, and also capture his father. He avenges his friend's death by unleashing his martial arts skills on the guards and retrieving his fallen comrade's corpse for proper burial. He tells his mother, also a talented kung fu artist, to flee the area and that he will meet up with her shortly. Instead, however, Fong Sai Yuk rushes to his father's rescue, setting up for an action-packed climactic showdown with the governor and his troops.
Fong Sai Yuk is an excellent movie and has no weaknesses. The music is quite possibly the strongest part as the score is one of the best for any Hong Kong action movie. The story is intriguing and the movie is more comical than most of Jet Li's other productions. For instance, one fight takes place on the heads of people within the crowd. That fight sequence occurs during the contest for Ting Ting and is unique and fun without being too absurd, even though one could think it sounds ridiculous.
There are not as many great fight scenes as Once Upon A Time in China or its first sequel, but those are exceptional movies that cannot be duplicated often. Fong Sai Yuk still has more great fights than most other Hong Kong action movies and they are well choreographed and enjoyable. There are several fights where the combatants use weapons, such as swords and poles, but there is plenty of unarmed combat also. The final showdown is impressive, which assures the movie its rank as one of the better genre releases.
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