54
Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA not particularly satisfying ending that involves silly CG effects. On the other hand, the acting is uniformly compelling, the fight sequences are energetic, and, as character drama, the material is especially enthralling.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMay be a period piece but there's nothing antiquated about it except an overly populated, initially hard-to-follow plot.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoFalters when it gets involved with supernatural gobbledygook.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardA magnificent looking and occasionally very silly Chinese Western.
- The best case for Warriors is its cinematic time travels and its peek into the natural wildness of a long-closed countryside.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThoroughly old-fashioned entertainment.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyA handsome although dramatically muddled Noodle Western.
- 50Village VoiceMark HolcombVillage VoiceMark HolcombComfortably familiar. It lacks the tension between grandeur and intimacy that characterizes the films it apes.
- 50L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteL.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteThe buildup is so compelling in this "Chinese Western" by He Ping (Swordsman in Double Flag Town) that its thunderous anticlimax of an ending can almost be forgiven. Almost.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittImpressively filmed but not dramatic enough to justify its length.