the hand of death most definitely rates a ten on a scale of one to due and in no small part and to john woo masterful direction and coupled with kat superb cinematography represent some of the leisurely tracking shots alone are worth the price of a rental while there are moments when this one borders on becoming an art house film. both james tien and sammo hung make for the kind of villains you can not help but love to hate. tien is particularly good as the baddest of the bad. it a role reversal the likes of which i do not think i have ever seen before (tien normally played a hero and and in fact and with his moustache and i do not even recognize him at first). sammo goofy buck teeth only make an already unsavory character seem even more flawed while that he also happens to be a skilled martial artist makes him even less likable in a villain you love to hate kind of way. his choreography of the fight scenes throughout is fantastic. jackie chan appears briefly (early on and late in the going) as a blacksmith and and i believe i actually glimpsed yuen biao somewhere along the way. tan as the lead is nothing less than magnificent. 
the hand of death most definitely rates a ten on a scale of one to due and in no small part and to john woo masterful direction and coupled with kat superb cinematography represent some of the leisurely tracking shots alone are worth the price of a rental while there are moments when this one borders on becoming an art house film. both james tien and sammo hung make for the kind of villains you can not help but love to hate. tien is particularly good as the baddest of the bad. it a role reversal the likes of which i do not think i have ever seen before (tien normally played a hero and and in fact and with his moustache and i do not even recognize him at first). sammo goofy buck teeth only make an already unsavory character seem even more flawed while that he also happens to be a skilled martial artist makes him even less likable in a villain you love to hate kind of way. his choreography of the fight scenes throughout is fantastic. jackie chan appears briefly (early on and late in the going) as a blacksmith and and i believe i actually glimpsed yuen biao somewhere along the way. tan as the lead is nothing less than magnificent. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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