Highly overrated

Rating: 4/10 (19 August 2004)

First, disregard all trailers you have seen for this movie, they are very misleading and are not related to the plot in almost any way.
Second, only see this if you like great sword fights or Asian film. The sword fights are great, if you liked crouching tiger hidden dragon you'll definately appreciate this. Also the style of the the movie is fantastic, its once you look past those things to the plot and message of the movie that it loses its magnificance.
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Don't think I don't appreciate what the movie was trying to convey, I got the message loud and clear, it just all seemed pointless (especially when you find out about 80 percent of what you saw never happened). In the end, everyone is dead except the person they originally wanted to kill. And all in the name of bringing peace AKA the king can continue his conquest of the world? Anyone else see a little problem here? Uniting the world is a much longer and bloodier process than taking out one tyrant. I just don't buy the message of the film.
Nice try but no cigar, Overall 5/10