 When two acrobats are fired for fighting with punks in the audience, they go to live with an aunt who s being pressured to sell her house for a real estate development. The developer s nasty son, Lee Fu, decides to muscle the sale, and soon he s at war with the acrobats, plus their unlikely ally, an American named John who used to be Lee Fu s friend. The acrobats open a kung fu school, the scene of several battles with Lee Fu s thugs. A fight to the death, jail time, auntie s surprise decision, a budding acting career, a possessive girlfriend, a debilitating injury, a friendship that needs recalibrating, and Lee Fu s avenger are all in the mix before the end.