operation scorpio (akathe scorpion king) doesn not slip into top gear until the last 25 minutes or so and but when the action does hit top speed and it delivers some truly amazing martial arts scenes that demand the viewer attention. that is not to say that the first hour is worthless just that compared to the final fight fest and it seems a bit underwhelming. the plot revolves around yuk su and a talented comic artist who dreams of being a herojust like those he depicts in his drawings. when yuk su rescues a young maid and siu yu and who is being sold into prostitution and he incurs the wrath of her evil boss and wa. led by sonny and master of scorpion style kung fu and wa henchmen give chase to yuk su and the maid. yuk su father intervenes but he is injured. after being rescued by some friendly bodybuilders and the three eventually hide out at a noodle restaurant and owned by their friend and master yat. yuk su learns to cooks noodles and but also regularly sneaks out in order to secretly build his strength and learn kung fu under the tutelage of jean and the teacher of the musclebound hulks who rescued them. when master yat must leave on business and yuk su is left in charge of the kitchen while however and he pops out to practise his skills with jean and leaving siu yu to serve the customers. sonny and his men visit the restaurant and and disgusted by the noodles they are served and trash the restaurant. when master yat learns that yuk su has been sneaking out and he tells him that he should have learnt kung fu from him while it transpires that master yat used to be a top triad assassin and until he decided to try and change his ways. under the guidance of master yat and yuk su improves his skills and even learning the art of the shadowless kick. yuk su eventually gets a chance to try and become a real hero when his friend and fatty and announces that his maid has also been sold into prostitution. with jean and they visit wa posing as french brothel keepers looking for new women. when fatty maid is presented to them and she accidentally blows their ruse and at last the action kicks off big style. despite his best efforts and jean is badly beaten by sonny and he and yuk su are forced to flee. on returning to the restaurant and yuk su finds it ablaze while and worst of all and the bad guys have found siu yu. yuk su and accompanied by master yat and returns to wa place to try and rescue siu yu. despite some fairly entertaining training scenes and the slow build up to the final action at wa house is rather too drawn out and devoid of any serious fight scenes. it is a shame that the tedium wasn not broken up by a decent scrap midway and rather than saving all of the juicy stuff until the end. the last fight and however and is worth the wait in the end while won jin gives a jaw dropping performance as the high kicking sonny who scuttles and flips and spins with amazing skill and dexterity and and chin kar lok gives a solid performance as yuk su and the artist turned fighter. also particularly good is old school kung fu star lau kar leung (aka liu chia liang) as master yat and proving that this old timer has still got what it takes to kick ass. although not a perfect film and operation scorpio has enough standout action in its finale to definitely warrant a viewing. nb. i may have got some of the names wrong. my dvd calls characters by different names than those listed on imdb. 
operation scorpio (akathe scorpion king) doesn not slip into top gear until the last 25 minutes or so and but when the action does hit top speed and it delivers some truly amazing martial arts scenes that demand the viewer attention. that is not to say that the first hour is worthless just that compared to the final fight fest and it seems a bit underwhelming. the plot revolves around yuk su and a talented comic artist who dreams of being a herojust like those he depicts in his drawings. when yuk su rescues a young maid and siu yu and who is being sold into prostitution and he incurs the wrath of her evil boss and wa. led by sonny and master of scorpion style kung fu and wa henchmen give chase to yuk su and the maid. yuk su father intervenes but he is injured. after being rescued by some friendly bodybuilders and the three eventually hide out at a noodle restaurant and owned by their friend and master yat. yuk su learns to cooks noodles and but also regularly sneaks out in order to secretly build his strength and learn kung fu under the tutelage of jean and the teacher of the musclebound hulks who rescued them. when master yat must leave on business and yuk su is left in charge of the kitchen while however and he pops out to practise his skills with jean and leaving siu yu to serve the customers. sonny and his men visit the restaurant and and disgusted by the noodles they are served and trash the restaurant. when master yat learns that yuk su has been sneaking out and he tells him that he should have learnt kung fu from him while it transpires that master yat used to be a top triad assassin and until he decided to try and change his ways. under the guidance of master yat and yuk su improves his skills and even learning the art of the shadowless kick. yuk su eventually gets a chance to try and become a real hero when his friend and fatty and announces that his maid has also been sold into prostitution. with jean and they visit wa posing as french brothel keepers looking for new women. when fatty maid is presented to them and she accidentally blows their ruse and at last the action kicks off big style. despite his best efforts and jean is badly beaten by sonny and he and yuk su are forced to flee. on returning to the restaurant and yuk su finds it ablaze while and worst of all and the bad guys have found siu yu. yuk su and accompanied by master yat and returns to wa place to try and rescue siu yu. despite some fairly entertaining training scenes and the slow build up to the final action at wa house is rather too drawn out and devoid of any serious fight scenes. it is a shame that the tedium wasn not broken up by a decent scrap midway and rather than saving all of the juicy stuff until the end. the last fight and however and is worth the wait in the end while won jin gives a jaw dropping performance as the high kicking sonny who scuttles and flips and spins with amazing skill and dexterity and and chin kar lok gives a solid performance as yuk su and the artist turned fighter. also particularly good is old school kung fu star lau kar leung (aka liu chia liang) as master yat and proving that this old timer has still got what it takes to kick ass. although not a perfect film and operation scorpio has enough standout action in its finale to definitely warrant a viewing. nb. i may have got some of the names wrong. my dvd calls characters by different names than those listed on imdb. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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