I was expecting more from the this film. Thats not to say it was good, it was decent, but thats all. For a seemingly high budget film with many famous Hong Kong stars, I really expected some kind of real epic fighting film.
What lets this film down is its choppy nature, the film did not flow. There were too many characters, not enough depth, and I found the females were portrayed as pretty much helpless, needing protecting and all this kind of thing. Feminists won't like this film.
The villains with all the face paint looked the business, it would've been nice to see these villains actually pose a real threat to the seven swords, except they just remained in the film as cannon fodder. One wonders why they cover the movie posters and so on, they had no importance in the film and get killed off.
Yes, and like all Chinese films a person dies tragically, most often the female love interest. Not very original.
Like already mentioned, there were some scenes that were just pointless like them finding this snake style sword. The inclusion of too many sub-characters was not a good idea.
The positives. Some of the fight scenes were good, some just weren't. Some of the seven swords were cool, some weren't (Leon Lai).
Overall it is a good watch, easily forgettable.
What lets this film down is its choppy nature, the film did not flow. There were too many characters, not enough depth, and I found the females were portrayed as pretty much helpless, needing protecting and all this kind of thing. Feminists won't like this film.
The villains with all the face paint looked the business, it would've been nice to see these villains actually pose a real threat to the seven swords, except they just remained in the film as cannon fodder. One wonders why they cover the movie posters and so on, they had no importance in the film and get killed off.
Yes, and like all Chinese films a person dies tragically, most often the female love interest. Not very original.
Like already mentioned, there were some scenes that were just pointless like them finding this snake style sword. The inclusion of too many sub-characters was not a good idea.
The positives. Some of the fight scenes were good, some just weren't. Some of the seven swords were cool, some weren't (Leon Lai).
Overall it is a good watch, easily forgettable.