Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2001)

I find it amazing that some people thought this movie (1) is noteworthy only for the scenery, (2) has little or no character development, (3) has no central plot, and (4) the fighting didn't make them feel life-threatened. If you think (1) is true, you must have been sleeping through the whole movie. If you think (2) is true, you must be incapable of guessing what another person is thinking or feeling other than from outright verbal expression or from obvious acts involving explosives, knives, guns, or condoms. If you think (3) is true, you either slept/talked through the movie or you are not accustomed to movies with more than 1 story line. If you think (4) is true, you are right but so what? The point wasn't for gore. Sorry that the women in the movie were portrayed as good fighters ... maybe you can write a letter to the producer and asked that he include 300 lb men yielding axes chopping each others limbs off. Request research be done on the types of damage an axe can do to a human body so the producer can competently plan the scene to give it the life-threatening, realistic feeling that you crave.
The fighting scenes are not that much out of the norm from HongKong TV series and movies that feature fighting set in a time similiar to this movie. And in common with many of those movies that I like, "Wo Hu Zang Long" has multiple subplots and is based on a book series. This movie is definitely not overrated especially so when compared to the miserable movies produced by the big studios in 2000.
This movie scores a 10 for entertainment value. The overall rating should be between 9.25 and 9.5.