Huh?

Rating: 1/10 (12 June 2007)

I am not a martial arts film fan. I never would have gone to see it, but a friend{some friend} coerced me into going. Approaching it with an open mind, it seemed just alright at first, but as soon as I saw the first gravity defying lighter than air fight scene, I crouched-no pun intended- in my seat. This gimmick was used in several films, including that miserable abortion called "The Matrix" of about the same time as this.This unfortunate gimmick was dropped after a few films, and its easy to see why. If you must know, its yet another rehash of "Star Wars" but its set in 19th. century China instead of a galaxy far away and minus the futuristic hardware and space ships. Its sole novelty beside the fight gimmick is that the warrior is female. Period. It does feature beautiful color photography, but so what? The critics fawned all over this one. Are they brain dead or something? Zero stars.