The main actor and actress are very cute but don't let their look fools you, they are all martial artist at their core. The story is a bit choppy but the actions are very smooth with a real life Muay Thai 7 times world champion (Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat) as a coach, no stuntmen are needed in this movies, all the moves are legit be it traditional martial art or modern MMA. The drama is a bit over-exaggerate but that's expected from a Vietnamese movie. The villain is super cool and also a legit fighter, no fancy moves, just straight up violence. I love this movie and have high hope in Vietnamese futures action stars like in this one. The 10 star is to compensate for low rating, this one is a solid 7/10 (8/10 if you like Vietnamese movies)

Battle of the Fists is a decent martial arts movie with a lots of bits of pieces of comedy and drama.

If you happen to watch a lot of 80s and 90s movies that centralizes on the new kid on the block then a lot of the movies themes and tropes are a tad too familiar and somewhat cliched.

What is new though is an introduction to Vietnamese martial arts and an a love interest with some Anya Taylor Joy features.

Overall, the fight scenes were somewhat average for a martial arts film and could have been better. The movie is light fare and entertaining if you don't mind some melodrama bits and a predictable ending.