8/10
Supernatural Historical Action
18 December 2000
I can't say it's perfect, but it does become very entertaining if you get over the slow start. I thought the childhood background at the beginning was boring and a bit bad. the child actors were too professionally cute, and the humour was tiring. The main character(Leslie Chueng) has a bit too much American Rebel influence, too much smirking. If he had shaved his head and gotten rid of that rebellious tussled hair, and if they had dropped five minutes of that "cute" childhood sequence, I would have liked it more. Also the camera tilted a little too much throughout, almost constantly. More restraint needed here. The last 40 minutes are great though, with lots of action and confrontation. There is quite a bit of gore in this film, with many heads rolling and people being sliced right in half. Go with the subtitles, it really does come across much better than the dubbed version.
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