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| ACTORS: | Jet Li, Brigitte Lin |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Siu-Tung Ching, Stanley Tong |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1991 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Tai Seng Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, AC-3, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Chinese |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 601643273549 |
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Customer Reviews of Swordsman II
The father of Crouching tiger This movie can be regarded as the father to crouching tiger, so if you liked that movie, it's very likely you'll enjoy this one also. Swordsman is not really a martial art movie but it's more a fantasy tale. The fighting scenes are are all "fantastic" in the sense they are not "real" but based mostly on magic so don't expect true kung fu action since you'll see men (and a horse) cut in two halves by a sword at 20 meters of distance!If you don't care about these magical skills (which are much more intrusive here than in Crouching tiger) then you'll surely like it: this movie has a much more emotional involvement than other similar films and it has also a good amount of humor (it was the first time I saw Jet Li playing a not really serious character who does also funny jokes at times: usually all his roles in Western movies are simply "serious" and dramatic while in HK movies a good amount of comedy is always present for all the characters involved!) and, at the end, we even regret the evil one was killed since the character Jet Li helps, shows to be even worse than the evil they defeated.
Overall a very interesting and not trivial movie, recommended mostly to fantasy lovers than to real kung fu aficionados.
What is the essence of love?
I vividly remember watching this movie back in jr. high school. I absolutely fell in love with it back then because of awesome, i mean awesome sword-fighting scenes. If you thought the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the best sword-fighting movie, then this one might change your mind. I think Crouching Tiger is more geared toward 'proper, reasonable' sword-fighting, where swordman is much more geared toward fantasy-like/fast action, yet it was very believable, meaning the whole thing was done in such a perfection.
If Crouching Tiger added the question/theme of finding one's self, discipline with the addition of romance and swordfighting, then Swordman's main theme, which becomes much more apparent toward the end, deals with the question of the essence of love. Of course, a Chinese action movie isn't complete without the breathtaking action and the essence of romance. But this movie does an excellent, excellent job on both department, especially in romance. It's not an ordinary love story and I don't want to give out the story here. But toward the end, Jet Li asks Brigitte Lin this one question: "Are you the one who stayed with me that night" It was very important for him to know the answer and he does that by saving Brigitte, holding onto this rope. However, Brigitte doesn't answer that question. and falls down again. And Jet Li, this time, throws that rope away to tell Brigitte something and Brigitte uses the last ounce of stregth to save him, still without answering his question. Why didn't she answer him, and why he didn't care about his life to tell her someting? why? Man, I'm telling you, Brigitte's last facial acting was just incredible, just incredible... This movie will be a much more meaningful experience if you ask yourself why Brigitte didn't answer his question, and why he threw away the rope of life he was holding onto to tell her something. This movie will throw this one question at you, "what is the essence of love" Pay close attention to their facial acting/change from the beginning of the last battle to Brigitte's unforgettable finale.
Like all the great Chinese movies do, this one will leave you with this sense of 'unexplicable feeling', feelings you get from dejavu, or good memory. By the way, the title should've been "Dong Bang Bul Pae", literal meaning is undefeated in Eastside/Asia. And to add one more, Brigitte Lin was much more popular than Jet Li back then, and she still is! (and I watched with korean subtitle, done a good job there. But they need to work on english subtitle, since they don't explain certain part in detail or certain things sound cheap and funny)
Good MOVIE, average Martial Arts Film
I really liked this film. It was very entertaining, had a solid story (that was hard to follow at times), but still very interesting. The characters were great, each and everyone. Brigitte Linn was badly under utilized, using Magic over her martial arts skills, that was disappointing.
Actually, think back, Jet Li was the only character in the whole film that used martial arts, everyone else used magic.
Jet Li's acting was extremely fun to watch. The interaction between him and his sister was great (though she was awful jealous for a sister).
As a whole this movie is a joy to watch, the story and plot are great. But don't buy this movie thinking you are going to see a Kung Fu movie, or skilled martial arts, because you won't.
As a movie I would give Swordsman II a B+
As a martial arts film I would give Swordsman II a C-