The Swordsman II Reviews

Rated:
60
from 633 members

With an entirely new set of actors, this movie continues the story from Swordsman (1990). Blademaster and his martial arts school decide to retire to a distant mountain. Before leaving, he visits his friends, a tribe of snake-wielding women warriors. He finds that they have been attacked, and their leader, Princess Yin-Yin, .. Read more

Starring	Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Michelle Reis, Waise Lee
Director	Siu-Tung Ching, Stanley Tong
Genres	Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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Critics' reviews of The Swordsman II
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A further collaboration between the director of A Chinese Ghost Story and producer Tsui Hark, Swordsman II resembles a... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of The Swordsman II
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Slightly dated and surpassed by more recent movies

Not even Jet Li combined with above average production values and at times beautiful cinematography can compensate for the annoying over use of wire work and confused storyline of this action fantasy.

If you want to see Jet Li and Tsui Hark at their combined best rent 'Once Upon A Time In China' instead.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 18 Jan 2006 10:22
Another search of the Sacred Scroll. Poor script but nice action.

Better than the first sequel, but undermind by the poor script; it could've been better.
- - A customer from Notts, UK
  - Posted 27 Feb 2006 21:08
not a gud movie

i am a jet li fan but i think this a very bad movie.atleast i did not enjoy it
- - Sriram Iyer from Newcastle upon Tyne
  - Posted 06 Jun 2006 15:46
Most recent members' reviews (2) of The Swordsman II
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Slightly dated and surpassed by more recent movies

Not even Jet Li combined with above average production values and at times beautiful cinematography can compensate for the annoying over use of wire work and confused storyline of this action fantasy.

If you want to see Jet Li and Tsui Hark at their combined best rent 'Once Upon A Time In China' instead.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 18 Jan 2006 10:22
not a gud movie

i am a jet li fan but i think this a very bad movie.atleast i did not enjoy it
- - Sriram Iyer from Newcastle upon Tyne
  - Posted 06 Jun 2006 15:46

1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Slightly dated and surpassed by more recent movies

Not even Jet Li combined with above average production values and at times beautiful cinematography can compensate for the annoying over use of wire work and confused storyline of this action fantasy.

If you want to see Jet Li and Tsui Hark at their combined best rent 'Once Upon A Time In China' instead.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 18 Jan 2006 10:22
Another search of the Sacred Scroll. Poor script but nice action.

Better than the first sequel, but undermind by the poor script; it could've been better.
- - A customer from Notts, UK
  - Posted 27 Feb 2006 21:08
not a gud movie

i am a jet li fan but i think this a very bad movie.atleast i did not enjoy it
- - Sriram Iyer from Newcastle upon Tyne
  - Posted 06 Jun 2006 15:46
Jet Li Steps In

The only thing good about this first sequel to the far superior 'The Swordsman' is the fact that Jet Li takes over in the lead role. Very flashy action and some gory special effects cannot hide the fact that this is just average stuff at best.
- - Ian Davies from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
  - Posted 19 Jul 2006 10:18
A Hong Kong masterpiece

For sheer entertainment, this is one of Jet Li's best HK action movies, filled with insanely stylised wirework, horses being chopped in half, gender-shifting villains and (strangest of all) even Cantonese pop songs that are enjoyable and affecting.The tone of the movie veers from grim and gory to lighthearted and sensuous within minutes, but that is par for the course for HK films.The direction,playing,art design,music and action lift it into the stratosphere.If you've only seen Li's by the numbers US movies, give this wild and woolly offering from his glory days a chance.
- - Sajid from Brummagem
  - Posted 08 Sep 2006 22:12
jet packs up

Oh Jet, I mourn for the days of Shaolin Temple when your kung-fu skills were unsupassed. What has become of you? AVOID AT ALL COSTS
- - kung fu queen from london
  - Posted 28 Nov 2006 17:36
Not good

The action was ok but the story was not and the action of jet li could not save this one
- - A customer from Leeds
  - Posted 01 Jul 2008 08:49
average

not as good as the first movie but jet li is always good to watch.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 05 Oct 2008 17:42
Not his best

I didn't enjoy the film despite being a Jet Li fan as the storyline was poor and the action even for him was too far fetched.
- - A customer from Chatham
  - Posted 28 Oct 2008 09:18
Swordsman 2

This was a far superior film to the original. A true Kung Fu film. Jet Li in one of his better roles.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 16 Jan 2009 17:03

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Critics' reviews
A further collaboration between the director of A Chinese Ghost Story and producer Tsui Hark, Swordsman II resembles a... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008