"A kung fu thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Donnie Yen) in the emperor's court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues"
An excellent wuxia film from Daniel Lee and Donnie Yen. I enjoyed the story as well as the fighting and character development. First off Donnie Yen is very badass in this film, with blades and with his fists. He uses a slightly different fighting style in this film than his other movies. Zhao Wei was quite subtle in this film which made her kind of the perfect maiden for Donnie Yen's character. There is a quite blunt reference to pirates of the Caribbean with "Judge" whose clothes are very similar to Jack Sparrow. This is a wonderful film to watch on a thanksgiving day or simply a slow day. It could have been better but for what it has its great and I overall enjoyed the movie. (especially Tuo Tuo)
3/5
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