This film is a leader In terms of powerful female leads and incredibly ahead of its time in many ways...female main villain and female co leads in year 2000 now idk much about Chinese cinema but I highly doubt they put this might female energy into their lead roles and not a supporting lead I'm talking the main hero wise...what I do know is American cinema and I don't think in 2000 many even came close to this level of female lead characters so yes this movie might as well he the definition of trailblazer in cinema...aside from that the fight scenes are incredible...the "jumps" can get a little corny at times but everything else including characters, setting and story are so well done I don't watch a lot of Chinese movies but I'm glad I watched this one this Is a great female empowering film without being preachy and does it seamlessly