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Seven Swords Reviews

2005

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China in the 17th Century. A new law decrees all martial arts illegal, punishment of death. A group of soldiers travel the country seeking out those who would flout the law. A swordsman and his disciples decide to take the fight to the enemy, following a plea from a group of villagers. Read more

Starring	Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Donnie Yen
Director	Tsui Hark
Genres	Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema

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  - 4
  Monkey is funky he never stops...
  
  but this film is a great big flop. I rented this expecting another crouching tiger/hero/house of flying daggers but got something as cheesy 'Monkey' ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - paul
  - Portsmouth, England
  - 01 Jul 2006 at 22:12
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  seven swords
  
  Story line goes alittle all over but great effects and film an up and coming good producer .Take time out and watch
  
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- - a customer
  - 31 Mar 2012 at 11:51
- - 1
  - 2
  seven swords few battles
  
  this is a dull film
  
  no martial arts action
  
  hard to watch and read subtitles at same time
  
  did not enjoy was really looking ... read more »
  
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- 1079980
- - tomish
  - 7 reviews
  - 09 Jan 2012 at 01:01
- - 0
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  It's nothing like Hero or Flying Daggers, so don't watch it
  
  For me this film drags. These mystical Seven Swords don't seem to get much sword play. Plot was pretty patchy and was overcomplicated for what it actually ... read more »
  
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- - TheVick1
  - 11 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 25 Jul 2011 at 22:18
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  - 1
  I am really disappointed given the names of director and actors!
  
  I finished the film under 20 minutes as I did a lot of fast forward! it was that boring! cannot blame the actors as they are all brilliant! but the script ... read more »
  
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- 955086
- - a customer
  - London
  - 19 Jan 2011 at 08:55
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  - 1
  I For One Was Dissapointed
  
  It seems as if studios keep throwing money at Chinese film makers without reading the scripts.
  
  Thus making me one of the extremely disappointed ... read more »
  
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- - 32boroughs
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 15 Mar 2010 at 08:07
- - 1
  - 0
  Seven Swords of Heaven
  
  A really good romp of a film although some aspects of the story do not seem to connect with the whole story.I felt that there should be sequel to close , as ... read more »
  
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- - Whoman
  - 2 reviews
  - Frome
  - 26 Jul 2009 at 15:17
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  - 0
  Ok
  
  Ok but not great if you want a good film then Hero or Crouching Tiger look know more
  
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- - kolaboy
  - 114 reviews
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  - 05 Jul 2009 at 10:02
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  - 0
  Another seven
  
  Over the the years there have been a number of films about seven warriors brought together to help save a village.
  
  This film whilst having good ... read more »
  
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- - Mazaran
  - 30 reviews
  - Okehampton
  - 17 Jun 2009 at 09:24
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  Very poor and quite boring
  
  An imaginative and completely nonsensical rehash of Seven Samuri.
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 24 Nov 2008 at 16:38
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  Seven Swords
  
  Okay, I'm a big martial arts movie fan. having watched them for years I am very forgiving of things like lack of any real story line. But I have to admit ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 19 Aug 2008 at 18:23
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- - 16
  - 4
  Monkey is funky he never stops...
  
  but this film is a great big flop. I rented this expecting another crouching tiger/hero/house of flying daggers but got something as cheesy 'Monkey' ... read more »
  
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- 259934
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - paul
  - Portsmouth, England
  - 01 Jul 2006 at 22:12
- - 9
  - 2
  Tsui Hark's Formula - Wins Again
  
  With 'Seven Sword's', Tsui yet again pits good versus bad, although I agree with the previous reviewier, the bad guys are excellent.
  
  The ... read more »
  
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- - Necroscope
  - Hampshire
  - 21 Jun 2006 at 14:19
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  very dissapointing
  
  I would not reccomend this film I had high hopes - led by a great deal of advance publicity - it was very poorly filmed and the storyline was confusing and un ... read more »
  
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  - wales
  - 01 Jul 2006 at 10:35
- - 4
  - 2
  Weird...
  
  Very strange film, not at all what I was expecting, very loose plot, average fight scenes, turned off before the end.
  
  Jet Li's twin warriors is ... read more »
  
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- - Jacques77
  - surrey
  - 29 Jun 2006 at 10:11
- - 3
  - 0
  In The Cut.
  
  Tsui Harks' epic swordplay movie that has been edited down from four hours before release. Enjoyable, with some gory action, but it does somehow suffer from... read more »
  
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- - Ian Davies
  - Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
  - 16 Jul 2006 at 10:18
- - 2
  - 0
  Not quite sure !
  
  This is either a masterpiece of cinematic brilliance or a very silly martial arts film , but likely outcome is it is bits of both . Some fight scenes at the ... read more »
  
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- - Ggtw197
  - 117 reviews
  - Darlington
  - 12 Sep 2006 at 17:01
- - 2
  - 0
  Epic Chinese epic - but not for the faint-hearted...
  
  'Seven Swords' is supposed to be based on a real Chinese epic story - though its resemblance to Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' is a little close... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 25 Sep 2006 at 15:34
- - 2
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  Very uneven
  
  The good thing about it is the original combat scenes but the story is uneven, the camera work crazy and the way people are dressed or groomed is very strange ... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1037 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Mar 2007 at 10:01
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  Seven Swords
  
  This is one of the best martial movies out at present. The fight scenes is brillant and it also has a good story line.
  
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- - a customer
  - Essex
  - 28 Oct 2006 at 11:35
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  seven swords
  
  excellent story with great fighting action, highly recommended
  
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  - Dronfield,England
  - 06 Dec 2007 at 21:39

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- Seven Swords
  
  China in the 17th Century.
  
  A new law decrees all martial arts illegal, punishment of death. A group of soldiers travel the country seeking out those who would flout the law. A swordsman and his disciples decide to take the fight to the enemy, following a plea from a group of villagers. ...