A kung fu master is fatally poisoned, but refuses to die until he finds the man fated to receive his supernatural powers, throwing the martial arts world into disarray. Brigette Lin plays good and evil twin sisters, both of them disciples of the master; Gong Li has her hands full battling the evil twin, while pining for the good one, who was once her lover.


Directed by Sammo Hung (Jackie Chan's Mr Nice Guy), this rib tickling Hong Kong slapsticker is a great mix of martial arts mayhem and traditional Hong Kong comedy. Its a traveling Hong Kong cinema variety show, and its only a this train that you'll see Yakari Oshima as a flying swashbuckling samurai.


Mac (Leon Lai) is a professional thief who shoots his once partner for killing his girlfriend in a bungled operation. He is later caught and meets two Small-time thieves in prison. On release, they join forces to become the 'Skyline Cruisers' of the title. During an operation to steal a cancer vaccine they discover that they have a worthy adversary.


A salesman gets mixed up in a vendetta between a couple of killers and the triad gang they want to teach a lesson. To make matters worse, the salesman's wife, a policewoman, is fancied by one of her colleagues who decides to kill the salesman and pretend the gang did it.


To win the love of Carmen Lee young delinquent (Aaron Kwok) takes up kickboxing and less by skill than determination, knocks out a line of worthy opponents. But he ends up accidentally killing her older brother in the ring, severing their affair and leading to his descent into the world of underground fighting.


Lord Conquer (veteran Japanese actor Sonny Chiba) makes orphans of two children and raises them as his disciples. Ten years later, Wind (Ekin Cheng) and Cloud (Aaron Kwok) have secured the kingdom, thus fulfilling the prophecy. Conquer then sets them against each other, using his innocent daughter Charity (Kristy Yeung) as a pawn.


A year after the first installment Fox (Jet Li) and Kiddo (Michelle Reis) learn that the sacred scroll from Part I has fallen into the hands of Asia the Invincible (Brigette Lin), a man who has changed his sex in the process of acquiring unthinkable power. As part of his plan of conquest Asia the Invincible has imprisoned the father of a woman to whom Fox is set to marry.

 

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