I did not expect much from the movie, as I had mixed feelings about the last 3-4 heavily stylized Chinese movies I saw. Interestingly, this one I enjoyed a lot.
It had a more straight forward plot I could actually follow, the characters try to fix things instead of looking at each other for minutes in suffering, and the fight scenes were enjoyable but not too long. It even had some sense of humor.
I don't think I fully understood the ending, but that's not neccessarily a problem :-)