I was genuinely surprised with the movie and I hadn't expected it to turn out to be such an entertaining movie. If you try to imagine mixing movies such as "X-Men" and "Hero" together, then the end result come out to be "The Four" (aka "Si da ming bu"). This is a historical Kung Fu drama spiced up with mystical powers.
The storyline is interesting from the very beginning and just starts to work up in intensity and depth from the very beginning.
To shortly summarize the story; counterfeit bills appear in the capitol and two special government departments work hard to unravel the criminal activities.
This movie makes heavy use of wires, so if you dislike the Wire Fu genre, then chances are that you want to skip on the movie. However, if you enjoy this particular genre, then there is a lot of great wire action to see.
The fighting and action sequences are well-choreographed and equally well executed.
As a story-based movie, it is important to have outstanding and memorable characters. And "The Four" has that. Lots of layers to the characters, and the cast was well picked for the roles and characters. I will say that the cast in the movie was nothing short of impressive. I was particularly impressed with Anthony Chau-Sang Wong and Yifei Liu.
"The Four" is definitely a movie to watch if you enjoy Asian cinema.
The storyline is interesting from the very beginning and just starts to work up in intensity and depth from the very beginning.
To shortly summarize the story; counterfeit bills appear in the capitol and two special government departments work hard to unravel the criminal activities.
This movie makes heavy use of wires, so if you dislike the Wire Fu genre, then chances are that you want to skip on the movie. However, if you enjoy this particular genre, then there is a lot of great wire action to see.
The fighting and action sequences are well-choreographed and equally well executed.
As a story-based movie, it is important to have outstanding and memorable characters. And "The Four" has that. Lots of layers to the characters, and the cast was well picked for the roles and characters. I will say that the cast in the movie was nothing short of impressive. I was particularly impressed with Anthony Chau-Sang Wong and Yifei Liu.
"The Four" is definitely a movie to watch if you enjoy Asian cinema.