The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk or simply The Legend;[2][1] released in the Philippines as The Prodigal Fighter) is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Corey Yuen and produced by Jet Li,[3] who stars as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-yuk.

The plot follows Fong Sai-yuk (Li), a young martial artist from Canton who competes in a martial arts tournament to win the hand of a beautiful woman named Ting Ting (Reis), only to find himself entangled in a political conspiracy involving the Red Lotus Flower Society, a secret organisation seeking to overthrow the Qing dynasty, led by the Governor of Nine Gates (Zhao).

The brash and ambitious Fong Sai-yuk meets the beautiful Lui Ting-ting during a track and field competition and falls in love with her.

Lui stages a martial arts competition for interested men to participate and win his daughter's hand in marriage.

Fong's mother, Miu Tsui-fa, enters the contest in disguise as a man to help her son regain his lost pride.

At the critical moment, Miu appears with the Red Flower Society's members and their leader, Chan Ka-lok.

[10] The film received a positive review from Time Out London who referred to the script as "cobbled together", but praised actress Josephine Siao, noting "a show-stopping culmination of three decades of fine work in the Hong Kong cinema".

[11] The Austin Chronicle praised the film's fight choreography as the "most breathtakingly choreographed fight scenes witnessed in years", and noted the liberated female characters, calling them "a refreshing change of pace from years past, when women were frequently used as either cookie cutter stereotypes or the requisite damsels in distress".

[12] TV Guide gave the film four stars, praising both Siao and Jet Li's roles and Corey Yuen's direction stating "it's astonishing to find that the director also helmed the ridiculous Stateside kung fu fest No Retreat, No Surrender (1986), Jean-Claude Van Damme's film debut; on home ground, he proves a filmmaker of consummate skill and style".