I saw it on VCD ( 2 discs) I bought in Chinatown on Chinese New Year day. It is a very enjoyable movie. The story is simple and boy does he know how to tell a good old story. A good nobody turned bad and finally redeemed himself at the end - a very common theme that's almost always in Chow's movies. Some super duper wuxia heroes retired in some remote settings tried to live a normal life only being forced to fight one more final battle - a very common theme in wuxia novels. The movie makes some very good references to old Cantonese wuxia movies as well as works by Jing Yong, the Godfather of wuxia novels. All the Gong Fu or Kung Fu fight scenes are outrageous, and they are outrageously funny and good. I am glad I find them enjoyable. In my mind, Gong Fu Hustle and Crouching Tiger Hidden Tiger are probably the only 2 movies that do justices to the wuxia genre.