Forbidden Warrior (2004)
Cute & Campy & Consistent
While many people probably expected this movie to be some kind of great
martial arts / sword fighting flick; it only delivers on a juvenile
level. The fighting contains very little blood, and that which it does
have isn't like what you would see even in a PG-13 movie today, but I
can't say it was bad fighting, not can I say it was great fighting.
This movie because of the way it was shot reminded me of watching a
very long episode of a Hercules style television show. So I'm not sure
if this was originally intended for the television or the big screen.
I think the story makes a lot of assumptions about what the watcher
knows. They don't explain much about the geography used. Characters
have little to know background given. The characters in some respects I
believe are so proto-typical that they probably didn't feel the need to
tell much about them since their appearance could tell you quite a bit.
While I like this about the movie, and it makes it very easy to tell
the good guys from the bad guys, in many ways its what I don't like
about the movie too. I like characters, well, to have some more
character and depth to them! I don't think anyone who watches this will
be left going, ugh what a terrible movie, if they have the right
mindset. But if you're looking for a serious martial arts / Asian
flavored movie then this isn't the film for you.
Personal| Seen it: | Nej |
| Nr of disks/tapes: | 1 |
| Storage device: | Divx 5 |
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