Carina Lau is the only actor to appear in all three films of the franchise.
Though "Young" has been dropped from the title, this nevertheless takes place after the second entry but before the first.
Shaofeng Feng describes his acting style as a combination of the "wusheng," the marital-art character , in Peking opera and "Sakuraki Hanamichi" in the classic Japanese comic Slam Dunk, under which he and director Hark Tsui try to presents his role Yuchi Zhenjin's comedic tone through an action-driven personality as well as the discontinuous change of mood.
First of the series to be presented in 1.85 rather than 2.35. Because it was shown in China in IMAX, Tsui opted to go for the "flat" format to give the image added height on the larger screen.