Wai (Jet Li) is a writer with marital problems that are protruding into his work, giving him writer's block.  His book must be completed though so, with the help of his workmates, he sets about trying to finish his current story.  This latest adventure sees Dr. Wai, the king of adventurers,  on a quest to recover the "Scriptures with no words".  Flipping between reality and the adventure we follow Dr. Wai and his assistant Pao (Takeshi Kaneshiro again) in their journey to find a sacred box that is required to locate the scripture.  The box is said to give the finder three wishes so when it almost falls into the hands of the Japanese it is up to Wai and co. to get it back.

If the plot to this movie sounds slightly confusing then that's because it is.  'Dr. Wai' is a hard film to explain as the story is so full of holes and jumps around in such a confusing manner that it barely makes sense when you watch it, let alone try to repeat it to anyone else.   Made in an obvious 'Indiana Jones' inspired style, it attempts to break new grounds with an international style of film made with Chinese talent but the lack of cohesion within the story makes it too shallow to be enjoyable.   Couple this with the fact that we barely get to know the characters in either story  (one a cheesy soap story and the other a sloppily written adventure) and you have a really sorry excuse for an evening's entertainment.

The action is the only thing that makes the film worth watching as Jet performs his usual high class Wu Shu and Tai Chi moves that always impress.   However, this can never be the only reason to recommend a film and this is why this is such a disappointing outing for Li.  Apparently, there is an international version which removed all the sections where Jet plays a writer which may have made the film more enjoyable but it seems unlikely even that could save it.  My advice to you is that if you must see it, just fast forward to the fight scenes.