![]() ![]() Sword and the various clans/people that will be encountered as the film goes Text as it sets up the foundational characters and plotting to establish the The first five or ten minutes comes off like a montage of a historical ![]() Vomit’ to set up the story that’s going to be told in the film, but the massiveĪmount of set up required to get the audience caught up here is somewhatĪbsurd. Many of his films start off with a kind of ‘exposition Even for aĬhor Yuen wuxia film, there seems to be a lot of information for the audience toĪbsorb at some rapid rates. Mention the two mystical weapons that grace the title of each film. So much plot, in fact, that I didn’t even The above synopsis for the film seems rather vague for a three hour wuxia story simplyīecause, well, there is a lot of shit that goes on in the two Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre films and ![]() They are fun and packed with entertaining characters, but they areįar too dense and rushed (even at three hours) for their own good. Upper echelons of Shaw Brothers wuxia nor even some of the better films fromĬhor Yuen. In a way, the films are easily better when watched back toīack and they certainly make a bit more sense as the films flow in a manner meant to be watched as such, but even then neither one is on the Together as it’s obvious that the two films were meant to be one long three This is why I chose to actually review the first two Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre films Teaser scenes and a narrator prod the audience about seeing the second So epic, in fact, that theįirst film ends on a ‘to be continued’ note and even goes as far as having However, I did not realize that going into this one that it would be one ofĬhor Yuen’s most epic wuxia films I’ve seen to date. So I had a general expectation of what was going to happen in the film. I’m aīig fan of Chor Yuen as a director, I’m a fan of wuxia, and a fan of the Shaw Brothers, And Dragon Sabre, I’m not sure I knew what I was getting myself into. ![]()
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