Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
(2011)
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
(2011)
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Zhao Huai'an
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| Xun Zhou | ... |
Ling Yanqiu
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| Kun Chen | ... |
Yu Huatian /
Pu Cangzhou /
Blade in the Wind
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Gwei Lun-Mei | ... |
Chang Xiaowen /
Bu Ludu
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Yuchun Li | ... |
Gu Shaotang
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Mavis Fan | ... |
Su Huirong
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| Siu-Wong Fan | ... |
Ma Jinliang
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| Chia Hui Liu | ... |
Wan Yulou
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Jiankui Sun | ... |
Liang Cai /
Lao Chai
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Chien Sheng | ... |
Tan Luzi
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Yiheng Du | ... |
Ji Xueyong
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Shuangbao Wang | ... |
Zhao Pingan
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Jian Xue | ... |
Lei Chongcheng
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Feixing Han | ... |
H'Gantga
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Bingyuan Li | ... |
Ling Guozhou
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Set three years after Dragon Inn, innkeeper Jade has disappeared and a new inn has risen from the ashes - one that's staffed by marauders masquerading as law-abiding citizens, who hope to unearth the fabled lost city buried in the desert.
Maybe I gave Seven Swords too high of a score after seeing this one.
This one is leaning towards a smart sardonic thriller then a wuxai epic
- is Tsui Hark going the more subtle route now? There are the obvious
and not so obvious twists. The hidden agenda behind an hidden identity. The what you think they know and what you think they know you know kind of stuff. Sometimes each interlude and detail plays out more like a setup to a joke - most of the time dry, sometimes a bit overdone.So maybe the writing is deserving more applause. The 3D not so much a distraction then a tool. But yet it feels like Tsui Hark old school humour (that is kind of charming if done right).
There are hidden back stories (good they don't try to explain everything). But some are hurried along like the initial setup of East wing vs West wing.
The meat in the middle where all it's happening inside the hostel for me is the gem. Everyone is careful, waiting for the wrong move, a flaw, a signal, a sign. The tension is nice.
The ending CG extravaganza is a formality to the bacon double cheese burger --> to fill you up so it "seems" it is worth the cost. But still I bought it.