Bruce Lee's films held up an image of nationalism and of Chinese people sticking together to defeat foreign enemies. But the Huang Fei-hong films vividly portray a different scene: Chinese gloating over others 'misfortune and rejoicing in disorder.
李小龍電影裡高張的民族主義，以及中國人團結禦外的形象，到了黃飛鴻則有另一種生動的描繪：喜歡看熱鬧，惟恐天下不亂。