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At its core, the film serves as a nostalgic, reverent, and irreverent index of the wuxia (martial chivalry) tradition. Every character is a footnote to a classic trope. The Landlady of Pig Sty Alley (Yuen Qiu), with her hair curlers and cigarette, is a direct index of The Bride with White Hair , albeit deconstructed into a harridan who can punch a hole through concrete. The Landlord (Yuen Wah) recalls the eccentric masters of old-school Shaw Brothers films, while The Beast (Leung Siu-lung) channels the terrifying internal power of One-Armed Swordsman . At its core, the film serves as a