Whackier than "The Magic Blade, but pretty funny.

I discovered that this was a sequel to "The Magic Blade", and decided to give Fu Hung-Hsueh (Ti Lung) another shot, as I still thought he was an interesting character to watch.

"Pursuit of Vengeance" fixes a lot of the problems I had with "Blade", as I felt Fu was too smart, with his allies never catching up. We get a lot more input this time around with his co-star characters Ye Kai (Lau Wing) and Lu Xiao Jia (Lo Lieh), with all three of them combining for a hilarious and competent trio, solving the complex murder mystery they were unfortunately invited into.

Like "The Magic Blade", Fu Hung-Hsueh continues to appear to have a hand in every corner of the world with how much knowledge he has, which made me long to know more of his backstory, and "Vengeance" provides us with a little bit on Fu's history.

While the film starts off incredibly strong with creative dialogue at the tavern scene, and continues with it's eerie suspense of what exactly the Wan Ma School wants with the mysterious strangers, including Fu and Ye-Kai, that entered the town recently, the overall plot starts to degrade rapidly. The only saving grace was the very relieving comedy from the three co-stars, especially when Lo Lieh's character enters the fray.

I could no longer take getting jerked around by the mystery our characters were supposed to solve, and skipped to the end. I don't recommend this film, but if you can get to the end with a little bit of context, that would make it worth it. It's pretty funny.

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