The Blade Reviews

Brilliant!

Good story, the fight scenes are excellent and compelling. Really fast sword fighting.

A fighter loses his arm in escape and trains in the art of the one armed swordsman in order to get revenge on his fathers death.

I also recommend Moon Warriors if you like this title!

Must be seen

What can I say? A Martial Arts film but from a different angle.

There's a difference to this from other martial art films Ive seen as a little extra thought has been added to it and it follows an unusual path. Its amazing what fight scenes can be like with only one hand and a broken sword. An exciting action packed film with no seconds of boredom. This film lingered in my mind and Im sure I will want to watch it again in future! If you do not like blood scenes, dont bother or get a bucket ready. But personally I would do the latter as you would miss out on an excellent film.

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Beartrap: the Movie

This movie sucked so much it made me angry that I wasted half hour watching it during which time there was some decent acting, an insanely muscular monk, and the use of bear traps on a dog, a monk, and a horse :p If it has legs or a head this movie has a bear trap flung at it.

From the half hour the story I can surmise is: Hero doesn't know who his dad was but finds out his dad was killed and isn't happy about it.

Honestly, go back to Power Rangers, it had better fighting, cooler characters, and more original ideas, even if you did have the occasional chicken with garden shears, it's better than this horse crap.

Gritty Swordplay.

I'm a little confused on this one. Tsui Hark is credited eveywhere I look as director and producer on this film, and his name does not appear (in English) on the credits. It does have all his hallmarks though. Rooted in realism for most of the action scenes, this is far removed from most Hong Kong swordplay movies as it deals with revenge with no added humour to make it more accessible. Dark and moody, the central character looses an arm , but this does not stop him becomming a master of the sword. Great fight scenes, and no happy ending. This is an adult Martial Arts film with no added sugar. Marvellous!

Not the one armed swrdsman, but still

The quality of this film is based solely on what it takes from the orgiinal classic one armed swordsman, and nothing to do with the annoying girl & the modern wirework. As wirework films go, this one is watchable, not too ridiculous & still with some skill resonating from the performers. So it's definately worth a watch. But watch it before you see the original or you may be disappointed.

unwatchable

there was hardly any plot, just plenty of violence and gory scenes. not my cup of tea.

A solid effort

This film is a revamp of the Shaw Brothers film, 'The one armed swordsman' and another entertaining film from Tsui Hark. The plot is what you'd expect from most martial arts films and centered around a man seeking revenge for his father's murder. There are some decent action scenes but many are filmed close up, in the dark and with fast moving camera work, which makes them difficult to follow. However, the final fight scene is superb, with all the trade mark choreography you'd expect from a Tsui Hark film. Well worth watching if your a fan of this type of thing, but not quite up to the same standard as Hark's other works such as 'Once upon a time in China'.

CRAP

Foreign crap. Poor quality, and type of movie doesn't suite subtitles.