Though this isn’t a bad movie, I must confess that I was profoundly disappointed after seeing it. The hype made this sound like a genuinely innovative piece of cinema art, but my take on it was that it was just a fancy, expensive version of the “flying fists of kung fu death” flicks various Asian film companies have been producing for some time now. So as a prime example of the cheap martial arts movie, this is a good rental. The effects are impressive (at least to the extent that the wires everyone flies around on are fairly well hidden), and they’ve got a better cast than most such efforts. I just didn’t think it was the great work of art that it was cracked up to be. Mildly amusing
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