Three of the best fighters from Tiger Village, Chang Liu (Meng Fei), Chow Seng (Jack Long), and Lin Ting Kwan (Ko Shan Lieng) are charged with escorting government official Minister Tai through enemy territory. The three fighters team-up with Minister Tai’s high-kicking bodyguard, Mr. Li (Tan Tao Liang). Upon his arrival, Minister Tai intends to build an army to oppose the oppressive enemy faction. Shortly after they leave Tiger Village, the four men soon become targets for an army of assassins. They cannot trust anyone, especially the beautiful-but-deadly female executioners. Minister Tai instructs them to seek out the home of his ally, respected martial arts teacher Master Tung. After spoiling numerous assassination attempts, Mr. Li and the men from Tiger village are forced to go undercover. Still, more killers make life difficult for our heroes. They finally arrive at the home of Master Tung, and Mr. Li approaches Master Tung to pay respects. Wei Chung Quay, the top student of Master Tung, assaults Mr. Li, and a duel of respect ensues. Master Tung breaks up the fight and apologizes to Mr. Li, but they had to be certain to test Mr. Li’s formidable skills and ensure he is who he says he is. The four of them are welcomed into Master Tung’s home while Mr. Li discusses strategy for protecting Minister Tai. Chang Liu and Chow Seng are introduced to Master Tung’s gorgeous daughter Mei Mei. She flirts with both of them ands soon they are in competition with each other for her attentions. Mr. Li gathers his compatriots together and speculates that someone in their organization is ratting them out, as they keep running into assassins at every turn. Once again they don disguises to ensure that Minister Tai has safe passage. Mr. Li and the three men from Tiger Village soon discover they are pawns in a much bigger game. Their enemies come out of the woodwork and force all four men to fight to the death. Only two of the heroes survive to complete their task and safely deliver Minister Tai to his destination. But even then they find themselves trapped in another bad situation.

BOXER’S ADVENTURE has a great cast of protagonists including Tan Tao Liang (THE HOT, THE COOL, AND THE VICIOUS), Meng Fei (PRODIGAL BOXER), Jack Long (BORN INVINCIBLE), and Blackie Ko. Each actor has a special personality trait that endears their character to the viewer. For instance, Ko Shan Lieng is an obsessive gambler; Meng Fei is the ladies man; and Jack Long gets pissed whenever anyone calls him ‘Nancy-boy’. Why they call him that is never explained, but it’s fun watching Jack Long get mad and assault the person in retaliation. So these three constantly bicker back and forth and things get progressively out of hand when Meng Fei and Jack Long both get interested in Master Tung’s sexy daughter and they compete for her attentions. Tan Tao Liang is the stoic straight man, contrasting the other three stars. Except for Liang, the other three actors exhibit charisma and develop friendly rivalries with one another. So you’ll not only see Meng Fei and Jack Long team up against the good guys, you’ll also see them fight each other! BOXER’S ADVENTURE is a very violent martial arts movie will plenty of bloody weaponry slashing human flesh. Jack Long’s death sequence alone is one of the most painfully memorable ever captured on film. We dare you to watch it and not wince (unless you are female). Along with the graphic violence, director Tyrone Shu injects a huge amount of cruelty into the picture. The protagonists take pleasure in handing out pain and punishment to the numerous bad guys, even those who do not know the martial arts.

BOXER’S ADVENTURE is a very unorthodox martial arts flick. Many independent Kung Fu pictures may have big budgets and an epic scope, but the main protagonists usually boil down to maybe two or three generic characters: the young hero, the old master, and the villain (with the exception of the Venoms movies this is generally the case). BOXER’S ADVENTURE goes totally against the grain by having four central characters and no main villains. I say no main villain because the individual is not revealed until the final moments. Most Kung Fu flicks are only as good as their bad guys, so BOXER’S ADVENTURE lacks something in this area. There is plenty of fighting action though, since the unknown villain commands his legion of killers to hunt down the heroes, but there is actually no villainy in the film. No innocents get terrorized, no women get sexually assaulted, or anything else that usually constitutes a lead villain in these pictures. Fortunately, the acting and dialog inject some fun into the flawed premise. The martial arts choreography is lacking thanks to some poor editing, reverse leaps, and wire/trampoline tricks. Meng Fei, Jack Long, and especially Tan Tao Liang overcome the faulty choreography. Meng Fei is potent with his Mantis Fist style. Tan Tao Liang doesn’t open up like he usually does, but he manages some impressive footwork. Jack Long employs the most acrobatics into his fighting style than anyone else in the cast. If you are looking for a martial arts movie with a superior story and suspense or intrigue, BOXER’S ADVENTURE is not it. If you are looking for a movie with cult sensibilities (non-stop fights, violence, pretty ladies, sense of fun, etc.) the movie comes through.