"Beautiful" is a word too lightly used - but it is that.

Rating: 9/10 (8 March 2001)

Forget the action, though it is wonderfully choreographed. And though it's even harder to look past the beautiful landscapes, you'll be rewarded if you do. This is a beautiful film about young genius and the obstacles which can prevent it from maturing. What surprised and delighted me was how subtle this whole thing is. Sure, the fight sequences are crowd-pleasers, but there's remarkably little blood - as if the filmmakers were emphasizing that they could have told this story in the context of any number of life-skills... it's just that warriors bring the paying public into the theater.
Let it take you away - you're in good hands with this one.