Pretty, but pretty boring, too.

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 2003)

I don't mean to be flippant. But I suppose I must say that I wasn't too impressed with this film. I sat in a movie theatre where many of the audience actually laughed at some of the effects used in the film. It was just a bit too much. Shame, but I smiled wryly now and again myself, so they weren't too out of line.
There are many martial arts movies that are better than this, many more love stories. Better revenge films.
Why is this one so hyped? Is it the beautiful photography? I guess. The story isn't much to write home about, unfortunately. When compared to Kurosawa, which I have to do, then this flimsy film loses it's grip very quickly. To paraphrase a line from The Matrix: There is no depth.
Another thing. The picture-format was used as a wallpaper. The background imagery, in simplistic terms, covered the silver screen leaving very little plot going on in reality on-screen.
And with all those arrows fired at the end... You would think more than seven or eight archers had actually aimed for the guy, come on!
/Soup