Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars gather three choreographers and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua is the title character caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei "Venom" Sun Chien and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.