		Year: 1988 Director: Billy Tang Starring: Jet Li, Dick Wei, Chow Sing Chi, Nina Li Chi Genre: Action/martial arts Literal title translation: 'Dragon at the End of the World'

One of Jet Li's first ventures into modern day action this film follows his character as one of the Chinese Wushu team touring America. However, his chain smoking partner (Dick Wei) is jealous that Li has his youth and is therefore upstaging him. As a result of this Wei decides to stay in America and joins the local triad gang. Li's attempts to stop him are unsuccessful and he misses his plane. Therefore he must stay in America where he manages to befriend a shop owner (Chow Sing Chi). However, it is not long before the two Wushu star's paths cross again.

From the beginning it is clear that the director has tried to cater for Jet Li's Wushu skills and make them work in a modern setting. This is actually quite successful for the reason that it is obvious that Li is trying hard. In his later films he seems to just glide through the narrative whereas here he seems full of youthful enthusiasm and this more than makes up for his lack of acting skill. Chow Sing Chi is good too but it is clear that this is Li's film and his character is merely here for comic relief. Unfortunately, Dick Wei is not as good, he looks the part but his usually excellent fighting skills are not up to scratch - perhaps because he is not a real life Wushu exponent. It is a shame that in the end fight Li and Wei are in a room full of old fashioned Chinese weapons but Li only uses a pole properly. It would have been great to see him cut loose with some nunchaku or a three section staff.

This film was made, along with 'the Master' when Li was living in America (he actually absconded from the Wushu troupe himself!) and is the best film of the two. Here, Li executes all his own fighting and you can see this is where he coined the English name 'Jet' - he quite literally flies in the fight scenes without the aid of wires! However, although enjoyable this is quite a predictable film and looks dated by today's standards.