Wu Jing plays naive wushu player who, for the sake of the girl (Miki Yeung)he loves, to make money for her to live comfortably, and for her glory,enters into illegal matches and fights painfully against all oddsall the way through. He turns from an honorable wushu playerinto a mean fighting machine who stops at nothing to win,irregardless of how inhumane and ruthless his blows are,leading eventually to a tragic ending.