what a relief to see a non hollywood film

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2001)

It's too bad for one living in Canada and the USA, that foreign films don't come our way very often. Always we are force fed Happy Hollywood films or films straight from the propaganda machine. This film was beautifully done, with wonderful acting by everyone and superb fantastical martial arts sequences. I was very happy to see non stereotypical roles. Yes women can be in action films without being helpless, or the villainous b*** from hell. As this film shows, they can just be..... no stereotypes attached. The ending of this movie was perfect, it was not the happy, arrived-in-the-nick-of-time ending that so many movies have. This film is a most wonderful accomplishment and a definite must see. 10/10