The Magic Blade: Shaw Brothers
by Chu Yuan
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Actor: Ching Li, Lo Lieh, Tanny Tien Ni, Ti LungDirector: Chu Yuan
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Huang Chieh
Cinematographer: Yi Kuang
Editor: Chiang Hsing-Lung
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Magic Blade: Shaw Brothers
Movie Review: Best kung fu movie I have seen in awhile
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, I can't believe how blown away I was by this. Ti Lung is great as the lead. He plays it straight faced all the way through, and he uses this awesome spinning blade and gets into tons of fights. It's a wuxia, so that means that some evil dude is trying to become the leader of the martial arts world. Ti Lung has to protect some special darts from the evil guy, but as you can guess it isn't going to be easy. There are 5 assassins after Ti Lung, 4 of them played by Ku Feng, Fan Mei Sheng, Lily Li and Norman Chu. There's really no point trying to explain the story. It's just typical wuxia stuff, except it's a lot easier to understand than most of Chor Yuen's other movies. Basically, all that you need to know is that Ti Lung is super cool in this, there are tons of good fights, and the final fight doesn't disappoint. The main villain is one bad old man. It's a short final fight, but very satisfying. The sets are even better than the normal Shaw Brothers standards, and I must mention how darkly shot the film is. I only remember a couple scenes that weren't completely dark. A brilliant movie in every way, a perfect 5/5.
The Image DVD has good picture quality. Subtitles are well written and the Chinese track sounds good, and there's an English dub. Not a perfect sounding dub, but good enough. Here are a couple of my favorite lines-
"Right, I'm the 5th Swordsman, Sao Chien... Invincible, killer of many, and other things."
"I practiced 20 years to move the nerve center of my body, just one inch, so that your paralyzing blow had no effect."
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