So the bad guys kidnap the governor's son and hold him for ransom. The price will be the release of their leader. The governor sends his best constable to rescue him. She also happens to be the governor's daughter.
The constable, Golden Swallow, at first wears her hair up in a bun and men's clothes. Everyone calls her a young man, but it's clearly obvious she's a woman. This proves a point we learned by watching Mulan: All you have to do is put your hair in a bun and everyone will believe you are a man, no matter how feminine you look.
Golden Swallow is helped by a drunken singing beggar called Drunken Cat. He is funny and always tries to help her. She arrives at the temple to fight everyone and rescue her brother. There are some great fight scenes here. However, she is hit by a poison dart and runs off.
She is rescued by Drunken Cat, who really is a kung fu master in secret!! The bad guys are being helped by an evil monk, who is also a kung fu master! So many kung fu masters, more than you can shake a stick at!!
The bad guy monk wants Drunken Cat's staff for reasons, but he's like NOPE. And they have awesome kung fu battles. Meanwhile, Golden Swallow manages to save her brother without having to give up the bad guy leader. Golden Swallow and her band of female fighters battle with the bad guys. Then, Drunken Cat and evil monk guy have a battle of the staff.
This movie was exciting and had excellently choreographed fight scenes. Also, it had decent female characters without being patronizing. I will give it an 8/10.
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