Don't come for the story -- come for Master Woo Ping's first film in a decade. Not a fan of the "drunken" form (although it worked smashingly in the action comedy "Drunken Master"), so when it's taken "seriously" it really doesn't work. The choreography is magnificent (as everyone should expect), but it just doesn't reach the sublime heights of his other works.

"Opting for craziness over coherence, True Legend at least expends its energy in the right place." - Jesse Cataldo

This movie is sweet. The hero is sweet. The villain is sweet. If this movie ended with the first plot section, it'd be a max rating, but it keeps going. Not that the rest is bad, but it doesn't measure up to the complete badass insanity of the first half.

I love kung fu movies, but this one ends baddly trying some modern take...

Uneven kung fu flick based on the life of Beggar Su. The first 90 minutes are all good with plenty of cool fantasy martial arts, wirework galore, and a freaky poisonous villain. Then for some reason, the last 20 minutes features a ridiculous 5 on 1 battle royale against some Russians featuring poor CGI, breakdancing and pro wrestling moves. I appreciate Yuen Woo-Ping going for something different, but the whole ending was silly. Still, though, those first 90 minutes are plenty of fun.

Crap. A clumsy story, bad direction, bad pacing, bad acting and waaay too much CGI/wire-fu condemn this film to the realm of the forgotten celluloid. Not recommended.

Superb fighting scenes.