Of all the similarly-themed Chan flicks from the period (YOUNG MASTER and the like) I have to say that this one was my favourite. Made the year before he moved into bigger-budget period flicks, this is an inventive, thoroughly enjoyable Chan adventure, mixing together the best aspects of comedy and action whilst following a set, somewhat bizarre formula brought together in his earlier movies. Most of the film features non-stop comic hijinks, as Chan and his buddy Mars court the same girl and fall out over her, whilst there's a serious (if minor) sub-plot involving Chinese antiques being smuggled out of the country. Eventually, the plot less cross each other, resulting in a huge 20 minute fight finale in a barn, incorporating all kinds of major stunt work. Mars himself, usually in lesser roles in Chan's movies, shines in perhaps his best turn as the dim-witted friend who gets pretty fierce. Chan himself plays his typical bumbling happy-go-lucky character and his likability (is that even a word?) pays off in spades.

Perhaps the most original element of the film is the sports action, in which various teams play a game of football with one difference: they use a shuttlecock instead of a ball. Yes, it's as fast, furious and frenetic as it sounds, and makes for excellent entertainment just watching the skills of the players. The comedy is as broad as usual, one laugh involving somebody peeing over Jackie's leg, so you know the kind of harmless, childish tone to expect. The martial arts work is excellent with plenty of loose-limbed bad guys (led by Wong In-sik) who are EXTREMELY hard and solid work from the likes of Michael Chan Wai-man. Chan himself runs up walls, falls from railings, and spins in the air in gravity-defying shenanigans, highlighted in the lengthy final fight which is riveting and in my opinion, in his all-time top five action sequences. Fans will know what to expect and love this fast-moving, fat-free adventure.

Apparently this made it into the Guiness book of world records, for most takes done for one ... single take. Amazing but also understandable if you watch it. There are so many crazy scenes in here. And as one of the main actors say, many things where not even made secure for the performers. Like no padding on the floor ... not to mention no script at all, but actors being advised what to do, when they arrived on set. Now that makes a lot of "sense", considering how all over the place the movie is.

So while this may not be close to the best Jackie Chan has served us, it does include some amazing fight scenes (this is why you're mostly here for I reckon) and some interesting "sports" scenes. One is close to soccer/football, the other is a pyramid thing, that ... I don't even know what this is about, but hey it looks cool and you can almost feel the pain of anyone hitting the floor ... story is paper thin, but it is about protecting history and so forth. It doesn't actually really matter, as said no script was there to be seen. But Jackie Chan and the others are having quite a lot of fun. The comedy is silly when it ensues, but it gets also silly during some of the fight scenes, even if they are quite brutal at times too. So not what some might consider a classic, but any self respecting fan of Jackie Chan and then some, will actually like what they get served here

One from early in his career the movie has everything that would make him a Kung Fu super star.

It's a great comedy about a spoiled rich brat trying to send a love note via a kite but ends up stumbling onto a plot to steal China's artifacts.

It's the type of friendly kung fu flick for all the ages that Jackie Chan would become known for. Thought the stunts are small compared to the extreme risk he would take in the future, it was still impressive to see Jackie do the physical stuff not just the kung fu but there were scenes of Jackie and his friends playing sports similar to football but more extreme.

Extremely entertaining!!!