The Magic Crane

Directed by Benny Chan Muk-sing

With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anita Mui Yim-fong, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Lawrence Ng and Damian Lau Chung-Yan

On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge crane. The rest of the movie features a battle between warring martial arts factions, an equally fierce rivalry between the two daughters of the Crane Master, the accidental empowerment of an unprincipled master after having eaten half of a secret scroll, a battle with an immense tortoise whose spleeny vapors save a group of poisoned swordsmen, lots of great aerial fights against nearly invincible villains, and the usual blood spurting from assorted mouths.