The first film by Lung Yi-sheng, this is the tale of Yuan Fei, the Flying Monkey (Chin Siu-ho), who takes on the challenge of finding a weapon that can defeat the Demon Lute, a weapon made from dinosaur muscles. In his journey, he meets swordswoman Feng Ling, the Rainbow Sword (Kara Wai), the drunken Old Naughty and his scissors, the Woodcutter and his son Doraemon, called that because he carries around a Doraemon doll.

They will battle  The Long Limb Evil, a demon who has an arm that can keep growing; the One Eyed Dragon, who has a crazy spider eyepatch; Red-Haired Devil, who can attack with his afro and the demonic lute itself, which becomes a transparent hand with six fingers that keeps grabbing for our heroes before they use the only weapon can stop it, a bow that was jammed into the stone wall of a cave.

There’s a dog-pulled chariot, a rainbow sword, gigantic axes, and wirework fights made for kids, all set to 80s guitar-driven music. There are some people online who have given this poor reviews, and what kind of heartless creep do you have to be to watch something so perfect and judge it that way?

The Arrow Video release of this film, part of the Shaw Scope Volume 4 set, has a high definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation, newly restored in 2K from the original negatives by Arrow Films. It has commentary by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng. You can get this set from MVD.