I didn't read any reviews beforehand, but this one is pretty close to my own verdict after diving in blind. It's not good enough to be taken seriously, nor bad enough to be mistaken for camp, and it's barely a kung-fu flick as much as it is a live-action shōnen anime. The highs of the movie are the set pieces and costume design, and like the review mentions the acting can get downright embarrassing. Though I wouldn't be surprised if fully two-thirds of the movie's screen time was encapsulated with action. Tons of CGI and wire-fu. It's worth a few bucks if that's your bag.
He looked like he enjoyed his role. I found it odd that they didn't put makeup over his tattoos, but with a twenty million dollar budget and ten weeks to shoot I imagine that was a corner to cut, if they ever saw it as a problem at all.
There's lots of action. Who stated otherwise? It's filled to the brim with the stuff. There has to be an hour's worth of decapitation, flesh cutting, disembowelment, skull-crushing, sword-slicing, kicks, punches and arms being ripped apart.
Saw it this morning and was very let down
I was thinking we'd get a good martial arts flick with some good action, really didn't get that at all. Not many fight scenes and the ones it had weren't very good, it just feeds you a story that isn't interesting at all. At least it was short...
