This movie was inspired by the Japanese cult responsible for the gas attacks in Tokyo, the main part of the story was about the cult leader. This is an action film that is slightly different from most Hong Kong movies due to the foreign setting. The story is mostly a context for action with a little drama mixed in but that kind of made certain scenes seem long as you were waiting for the action.

The characters were not so interesting in this movie, the only two that were a little interest were the good guy and the bad guy but it was less for their performance and more for the their fighting skill. Once again we see the stereotypes of white people in Chinese movies, it is kinda funny to see but it also ruins the characters and makes them look stupid. As for the rest of the supporting cast, they were pretty much in the background. There was a little drama between the main character and his old love but it didn't really work with this type of movie.

This movie had hardcore action for the most part, from incredible kung fu fights to machine gun snipers on the roof. The hand to hand combat scenes were very elaborate, they were long and well choreographed. There are a few fights scenes that are over do it but it still blends in with the movie good. The only complain that we have is that the editing of some fight scenes were a little choppy but except that they were very good. The main good guy (Wen Zhuo Zhao) is considered as the next Jet Li in Hong Kong because of a similar fighting style and the use of wire fu. Some people may consider that as rip off but its not, he just uses a similar kung fu with his own style and he does it very well. We will keep on eye on this fellow for his future films.

The movie had great subtitles but you can expect that from a DVD. This is first and foremost an action movie, the kind were you sit back and enjoy and forget everything else. You could almost say the story is half important and you can just enjoy the great action scenes. We recommend this movie to any action fans but beware there is no deep story or interesting characters.