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The Blade (1995)

Directed by Tsui Hark

Action | Drama | Eastern

Most recently watched by sleestakk, PeterMartin

Overview

A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being nursed back to health, he eventually learns to compensate for his loss and returns to confront the man who murdered his father.

Length 101 minutes

Actors

Vincent Zhao | Xiong Xin-Xin | Sonny Song | Austin Wai | Moses Chan | Chung Bik-Ha | Jason Chu | Valerie Chow | Michael Tse | Tsi-Ang Chin | Chan Chi-Fai | Dickens Chan | Nay Suet | Sze-Ma Wah-Lung | Yee Tin-Hung | Raymond Wong Ying-Wah | Yuen Bun | Collin Chou | Tsim Siu-Ling | Ka-Kui Ho | Wong Man-Shing | Lee Diy-Yue | Charles Shen | So Wai-Nam | Tat Chiu Lee | Sam Kai-Sen Huang | Choi Kwok-Ping | Hon Ping | Law Wai-Kai | Chan Ka-King | Sun Yuhan | Wai-Kai Law | Baat Leung-Gam | Chow Kin-Keung | Lee Kin-Kwan | Ling Kam-Wa | Lee Lan-Yue | Lau Tung-Ching | Lee Kin | Adam Chan Chung-Tai | Andy Cheng | Kwong Lung

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
07/22/2019Home TheaterDVDOwned8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

This is pretty epic, and just a little frustrating! If I had discovered this movie back in the late ‘90s I’d probably be completely in love with it. As it is, it’s still pretty epic and a fun watch. However, it suffers from the kinetic camerawork so often prevalent in ‘90s Hong Kong action films and it gets in the way during some of the epic battles. There’s so much great wire work and stunt work in general in this I kept wishing the camera would stay in place and pull back a bit to show it off more.

This is a re-imagining of THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN story, but grittier, bloodier and less straightforward. If it had a bigger budget I can only imagine how much more epic it’d be. This would make a great movie night movie.

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