Seven Swords
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Movie Reviews of Seven Swords
Movie Review: Bubble Gum Action Flick
Summary: 3 Stars
Unlike Seven Samurais (by Akira Kurosawa) & the Magnificent Seven (American version) which explored the pscyhes of the rogues who formed the seven characters and their relationships with villagers that they were protecting, Seven Swords is more akin to a manga (comic books) where the seven characters were literally two dimensional. The seven swords from Mountain Tian had their own distinctive personalities and they only fitted to the beholders. I believe that Tsui Hark is to a certain extent influenced by Lord of the Rings trilogy where the so called baddies had those gothic-emo look (talking about mixing the old with the new). Considering that this is a triple joint venture with various film studios, more budget is expended in giving it a more authentic look by filming it at the picturesque XinJiang. There's also a subplot of love triangle between the main character (Donnie Yen) and the Korean female love interest. Truthfully, the movie feels a tad slow with nonstop action sequence. Perhaps, I expect Seven Swords to have more depth. For those that are enthusiastic with martial arts flick, this movie might not disappoint but for those that are into slow and arty martial arts flick such as the Banquet, this is definitely NOT the movie for you. Commendable effort.Movie Review: Cut to death
Summary: 3 Stars
Seven swords is a really good movie, but feels like its a smaller portion of something bigger. Then when you go through the special features you find out there was a cut that was almost four hours. This helped me understand why there were so many gaps in the story, and backstory. But the cut provided was very entertaining, with some great fights, and some very unique bad guys, which is often a rarity in kung fu movies. The only real complaint I had, beyond the aforementioned wholes in the story, would be the dubbing. Most was very off, but donnie yens voice sounded more like he was michael clark duncan than donnie yen. Given I've seen donnie yen do his own dubbing several times I was suprised that not only he didn't do it, but that he had such a different sounding voice. Otherwise the movie is entertaining, but more of a portion of a whole concept. Worth watchingMovie Review: Suspensefful + Splendid scenery + Spectacular fighting + Non-stop action + No time for love and character development.
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie shows it has a big budget. It contains splendid scenery. The giant mountains with snow look beautiful and scary. The fighting scenes are fast, bloody and furious with strange weapons. Sometimes it's hard to see what's going on. The action is non-stop. It has quite a few suspenseful scenes.
My only complaint is it gives no time to love and character develpment. They exist in the movie but for a very short time. As a result, they can't make me feel anything.
It's worth renting but not buying.
Movie Review: Not impressed
Summary: 3 Stars
"Seven Swords" is a bit bland, to be honest. Great director, nice sound and look, Donnie Yen, the magnificent Lau Kar Leung. It has the right ingredients, but simply fails to make an impression. Not enough character development, silly fighting and less than amazing dialogue. There is perhaps too much fiddling around with the look of the 'baddies', who look sort of ridiculous.
I wouldn't see it again and wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is not absolute genre- or Yen-fans. 2,5 stars.
Movie Review: Too convoluted...
Summary: 3 Stars
The plot was basic, but made unnecessarily complicated by the large cast of big name HK movie stars.
I bought this movie to see Donnie Yen action, and he pretty much played just a small role.