You know you're in for a treat when a movie villain ruthlessly quips, "Our only purpose in life is to make as much money as possible." When that same nefarious character adds "Kill the kid as well" about a baby cradled by its dead parents, I, for one, get even giddier. Lucky for us too, there's three children not one and the two surviving sons are going to grow up to be next-to-unstoppable black-belt vigilantes: the cooler, older brother favors a blue dobok with a high-end ricehat; the goofier younger one (Dragon Lee) wears whatever's available — including the shredded menswear of his crossdressing girlfriend (Cheryl Meng) after she's fended off three ruffians.
Though neither brother initially knows the other is alive, they're united by their quest to revenge the man who slaughtered their parents then abducted their sister. To win back the family plot, they're willing to leap on roofbeams, demagnetize a treacherous sword, squawk like chickens, spank a man's foot, steal a roast fowl, chew on an arm, tickle an armpit, and execute silly-savage moves straight out of a Three Stooges short. That their acrobatic showdowns are accompanied by a Foley track lifted from a Warner Bros. cartoon is key to your enjoyment. Or at least it was to mine. This one is a pure confection!
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