I really enjoyed this movie. For me it's an HK sword-and-sorcery classic.
Kelvin Wong as the 14th Prince is a "Baddie" extraordinaire and features in some brilliant, utterly over the top action scenes that had me in stitches. Maggie Cheung is also good and adds lots of good moves to the action and character to the plot. The movie is well-paced, good to look at, well-directed and has some original touches that have been emulated and extended as the genre has become more popular and more lavish. I didn't like the English dubbing - it murders the dialogue, and prefer the original soundtrack with English sub-titles. Simplistic storyline (What d'you expect - it's Chinese Sword and Sorcery) and occasionally sentimental, nevertheless, if you like the genre, well worth seeing.
Kelvin Wong as the 14th Prince is a "Baddie" extraordinaire and features in some brilliant, utterly over the top action scenes that had me in stitches. Maggie Cheung is also good and adds lots of good moves to the action and character to the plot. The movie is well-paced, good to look at, well-directed and has some original touches that have been emulated and extended as the genre has become more popular and more lavish. I didn't like the English dubbing - it murders the dialogue, and prefer the original soundtrack with English sub-titles. Simplistic storyline (What d'you expect - it's Chinese Sword and Sorcery) and occasionally sentimental, nevertheless, if you like the genre, well worth seeing.