It's a pretty decent historical based drama. From beginning to end, it held my interest. I admit readily at sometimes in Chinese dramas, especially action ones, the stunts and graphics can be cheesy but looking past that as this was released in 2004, it's pretty much what you would expect from the time. The acting by all the cast was great, especially the actor playing General Qi (sorry, couldn't find him on mydramalist). He did a splendid job. This was pretty much the first time I'd seen any of these actors except for Peter Ho. If you love historical dramas, this is definitely fun to watch and the fight scenes can be brutal at time (just what I like).