Somewhat Over-Hyped

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2002)

Over 41% of reviewers here at IMDb have rated this movie as a perfect 10. Either they're all wrong, or I am.
It was OK, but I didn't think it was anything to write home about. Some intertwined love stories, a lot of martial arts type fight scenes and alliances that were difficult to keep track of. That's what I found, in this movie about the theft of a legendary prized sword. The story wasn't uninteresting, but I just found too many flights into fantasy as we watched people soar through the air and walk on water or treetops. This even detracted from the martial arts scenes, as too much of it just seemed unbelievable. There were good special affects, and some of the photography was brilliant, but the movie itself just didn't capture me the way I thought it would from everything I had seen and heard about it.
Too each his own, I guess. I can only muster a 5/10 for this.