closer to Zero

Rating: 2/10 (11 February 2006)

Pseudo historical fable vaguely evoking China at the times of the Qin dynasty. Images are pretty, lot of special effects. But... no plot, no feeling, no accuracy,... Some people mentioned a message, what message? For preteen audiences i guess. Martial arts movie were better when the fighting was somewhat believable and showed some interesting characters, historical pieces were better when related to History. Poetic it is not, absolutely not, because nothing is heartfelt nor human. It's funny how a bad big-budgeted action movie becomes for certain art when not made by Hollywood but China. It's not Bruce Lee directed by Kurosawa, more like expensive eye candy with bad taste.