Another King Hu vehicle… this one feels a lot like a throwback to his very first taiwanese, post-Shaw Brothers production Dragon Gate Inn, both films being set predominantly in the confined space of a Guest House/Tavern, featuring plenty of action setpieces for King Hu standards and some spy thriller overtones. Though as i’ve come to expect by now from the director, this is a film driven by plot first and foremost, the action just being the icing on the cake. And speaking of action… this being the follow-up movie to his definitive masterpiece of Wu Xia storrytelling A Touch Of Zen, ending the film in just another epic battle sequence kinda feels like a regression to me. But that does in no way diminish the enjoyment i got out of the ride.
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Another King Hu vehicle… this one feels a lot like a throwback to his very first taiwanese, post-Shaw Brothers production Dragon Gate Inn, both films being set predominantly in the confined space of a Guest House/Tavern, featuring plenty of action setpieces for King Hu standards and some spy thriller overtones. Though as i’ve come to expect by now from the director, this is a film driven by plot first and foremost, the action just being the icing on the cake. And speaking of action… this being the follow-up movie to his definitive masterpiece of Wu Xia storrytelling A Touch Of Zen, ending the film in just another epic battle sequence kinda feels like a regression to me. But that does in no way diminish the enjoyment i got out of the ride.