Compared to other Golden Harvest efforts of the late 70's and early 80's, this is not quite as good as Jackie's own "Drunken Master" or Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung's "Knockabout." However, it is definitely worth enduring through some of the slow parts and more slapstick moments for the final fight scene, which seems to extend for at least 20 minutes. To put it simply, I've never seen anything like it. Jackie takes the beating of a lifetime but somehow manages to outlast and out-wind his older, more experienced opponent.