Butterfly Sword (Special Edition)
by Michael Mak
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Actor: Donnie Yen, Jimmy Lin, Joey Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu WaiDirector: Michael Mak
Brand: TAI Seng Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Cantonese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-22
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tai Seng
Movie Reviews of Butterfly Sword (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Best Martial Arts Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
From the action director of DRAGON INN, THE DUEL, and the Jet Li Blockbuster HERO comes this dazzling martial Arts adventure starring action Goddess MICHELLE YEOH (Tomorrow Never Dies), TONY LEUNG (In the Mood For Love) and DONNIE YEN (Iron Monkey)! When the powerful Eunuch Tsao assigns Sister Ko and Brother Sing, siblings who are also assassins, to infiltrate a group of rebels, they are caught in a web of deceit and betrayal. Unbeknowst to them, Tsao is already dead and the impostor has a goal of his own. With jaw-dropping martial arts choreography by the legendary CHING SIU TUNG and featuring the now-classic "Human Arrow", BUTTERFLY SWORD is a wonderfully wild kung fu thriller with amazing swordplay and innovative action sequences.
Summary of Butterfly Sword (Special Edition)
Action stars Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen are featured in this swordfighting tale starring Joey Wang as "Butterfly." Along with Tony Leung, the foursome all parry and thrust their way through a deliriously-paced yarn.This pinwheeling period-fantasy action film is all over the map--in its plotting, for starters, but also in its action sequences, staged by A Chinese Ghost Story's Ching Siu-tung, which are so frenetic that we can barely keep track of who's skewering whom. Based on a serialized swordplay novel by leading Chinese pulp writer Gu Long, the endless twists and turns in the conflict between two rival clans of quasi-magical warriors are all but impossible to follow. The result of this multilayered confusion is a less than completely involving cinematic experience, although the dashing Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies) and soulful Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Hard Boiled) are an unusually classy pair of comrades in arms. Newcomers interested in the distinctive Hong Kong subgenre known as wu hsia pian ("martial chivalry films") should consider beginning their researches elsewhere, with either Raymond Lee's Dragon Inn or Ronny Yu's The Bride with White Hair. --David Chute
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