Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic
Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (摩登如來神掌)
Year : 1990
Director : Taylor Wong
Cast
Andy Lau as Mo Tak-fai (武德輝)
Natalis Chan as Lai Chi (厲遲)
Joey Wong as Princess Wan-lo (雲蘿公主)
Cutie Mui as Siu-man (小蠻)
Yuen Wah as Tin-chan (天殘)
Plot
Advertising company staff Mo Tak-fai (Andy Lau) and his friend Lai Chi (Natalis Chan) go to mainland China for a business trip. Chi smuggles some relics, leading to them being chased by the police. They go into a cave to escape capture, but Chi is bitten by a poisonous snake. He finds a medicine belonging to an ancient hero named Long Jianfei and shares it with Tak-fai. Not only does the medicine detoxifies Chi, it also bestows Tak-fai and Chi internal strengths. They also rescue Princess Yunluo (Joey Wong) and her maid Xiao Man (Cutie Mui) from the Yuan Dynasty after 800 years of slumber but in the process also releasing a two-hundred-year-old evil martial arts expert Tian Can (Yuen Wah). Fai and Chi remain skeptical about the things that happened and they bring the two ladies to Hong Kong. In order to defeat Tian Can, Yunluo helps Fai to learn the “Buddha’s Palm” technique, Fai finally masters the “Ten Thousand Buddhas” technique. He and his friends confront Tian Can in a final duel and Fai uses “Ten Thousand Buddhas” to cripple Tian Can’s martial arts ability, becoming a true hero in the end.
Theme song
Martial Arts Supreme (武林至尊) (Cantonese version)
Composer: Lowell Lo
Lyricist: Peter Lai
Singer: Andy Lau