Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords"

[Lohankuen1]

Hey folks,

My search fu is weak as i cannot find info here with a review for this movie. I saw it at blockbuster the other day and hesitated on getting it, so i ended up watching Blades or Glory instead. What did you guys think of Seven Swords?

[GeneChing]

It you put 'seven swords' in the 'search this forum' box, you get two pages of threads. I've merged this to the main one for the film your convenience. Also note, there was a related TV series called Seven Swordsman.

[Lohankuen1]

Thanks for the merge Gene. I tried that method and my laziness took over when i saw all those pages pop up.

What put me off this film was the 2.5hr sit time i had to go through and not sure if there would be enough fight scenes to keep me wanting more. I sure didn't want it to turn into another House of Flying Daggers, which i disliked, or MUSA, which i also disliked. Maybe i wasn't ready for it at the time and my little pea brain needed more fights to keep me interested.

From the sounds of it, or Gene's lack of sounds of it, i may fork out the $6 and rent it to see the final Yen fight, which would be worth the price of admission in its own right. I have always enjoyed Donnie's fights and his recent stuff is the new breed which all action cheoreographers shoulkd be shooting towards.

Thanks for the help guys.

[jethro]

Check out the Seven Swordsmen TV show instead. It is SOOO much better than the movie.

[jigahus]

Personally imho this movie is really terrible to watch. The action was just terrible. The kung fu was terrible. Just terrible.