The Warrior
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Movie Reviews of The Warrior
Movie Review: The Road Warrior, Ancient Korean Style
Summary: 4 Stars
Try overlaying the Road Warrior soundtrack over the video for this movie (once they reach the fortress by the sea). Creepy! Seriously, this is a very good historical drama, although it drags in certain sections. Not a "martial arts" movie-no wire play or flying people here, very brutal and "realistic" fight scenes. GREAT development of the old sargeant and the officers. Would've like to have seen better development of the Mongol chief and the slave/warrior though. And lord humongus was missing.Movie Review: Great film, but beware...
Summary: 4 Stars
This region 1 DVD is NOT the 154 minute version of the film, but the same 129 minute version that's been available from Hong Kong for some time. Not only that, but the Hong Kong region free DVD has both a DTS and Dolby 5.1 Korean/Chinese language track, whereas this American DVD only has Dolby 2.0. Also, the Hong Kong DVD can be found on numerous websites for cheaper than this American version.Movie Review: Good action flick
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this movie and the mongol/ancient chinese/korean costume and ambiance. Decent plot carries the viewer through several well staged if small battles.Movie Review: Not Bad
Summary: 4 Stars
A lot of blood and guts...but also is very deep with emotion. Very honorable flick. I was impressed that I didnt feel like it was over 2 hours long.Movie Review: A Potent Historical Korean Epic needs Improvement
Summary: 3 Stars
This historical Korean War epic takes place during the first year of the Korean Woo Dynasty, the Yuan(Mongol Khan)Empire and the Ming Dynasty around 1375AD. A Korean diplomatic expedition is sent to reestablish peaceful political relations with the Ming dynasty. But they find themselves mislead by Ming representatives and never make it the chinese capital to fulfill their mission. They are then treated like criminals or enemies of the state and they are escorted by Ming guards as prisoners to the desert until they are attacked by the Mongols. The Mongols in essense have no quarrel with the Koreans and leave them to their peril to survive the desert. The characters seems to develop at this point with plenty of realistic action here and throughout the film. It has the feel of 'Gladiator' but without the intense drama, development and interaction between the main characters. They are the spoiled brat myopic general, the solemn and free slave who is a well skilled talented martial artist, the practical strategist and noblisse obliged wise sergeant officer, the Ming Princess who is level headed portrays herself as royalty that cares for her people and the Mongol General sent in pursuit to recover the princess to use her as bargaining chip for the sister of the Mongol leader with the Ming King. The film plot sacrifices an interesting epic story that could be deeper in dialogue and character development for prolonged detailed battled scenes. The mystical but talented Warrior free-slave YeoSung is the central hero for this story for which the film is named. He is respected by the enemy Mongol General, despised by the Korean General and is trusted as the personal bodyguard by the Ming Princess, who seems to have romantic thoughts as a reward for his duties if they survive the chase. But that thought is only potrayed through the fine acting of Ziyi Zhang.
This is not a martial arts film, so the story that the film is trying to tell misses its mark at scoring hugely in the international market because it lack drama and character development. For example 'Hero'with Jet Li was based on the King Qin the first king of the Chinese Empire which developed the characters who interacted in the story beautifully and had drama while at the same time displaying excellent martial arts. A well told story has a good plot, excellent drama and character development. The characters in this film never draw you into the story. So the true meaning of a potentially fantastic story is lost making it unmemoriable. But I have to say that the battle scenes were of epic purportions that Hollywood should take a cue on. They are realistic and brutal the way a war film should be especially during this time period. If you are into this type of film I would suggest that you watch 'The Emperor and the Assassin' which basically tells the same story as 'Hero' but it is of epic purportions with brutality on the battlefield as well as, in the kings court like you will never see it. It hits you in the gut harder and more times than the 'Warrior' or 'Hero' because of the combination of drama and some graphic scenes that draws you into the characters and the plot. It also has some good martial arts scenes that are realistic and quick as they would happen in the real world.
The difference between the films 'Warrior' and 'Musa,The Warrior' is it seems that the Sony version 'Warrior' has a cleaner digitized picture with English subtitles. 'Musa' has language in Korean and Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles along with better dolby surround. Other than that the English Dubbing(language voice over) seems that it was done by the same people that did the old language dubbing in the 70's and 80's for the Chinese Kung Fu flicks and the anime Japanese films. The voice dubbings could have more inflection for the scenes and characters but I guess they reflect the drama and out of budget minded accountants that are responsible to use it as an after thought by hiring anime voice dubbers. I'm sure this is not the last time that this story will be told on film. I just hope it is given more care in being told by a more colorful and dramatic story teller to make it unforgettable for all audiences.