dasa108 Review of Sword of the Assassin

Sword of the Assassin (2012)

Surprises come from Vietnam ... and it smells like China

[6/10 · 24 June 2021]

The Vietnamese decided to follow in the footsteps of their Chinese brothers in action movies. This means taking advantage of the kindness of its landscapes, the skill of its artists, the beauty of its female cast and the almost traced copy of action sequences that we have seen a thousand times. The story begins promising as we see a magical component that will end up making sense with the passage of the film. Then we will see a series of events that are settled in well-choreographed fights where the cables are absolutely the protagonists. Nothing we see is original and therein lies the great weakness of the film. The motivation of the characters would indicate that Asians are fools willing to sacrifice other people's blood in order to clear their good name. Embarked the protagonist in his quest, he ends up meeting others who share his objective. Eventually things turn into tragedy, the usual twist and a villain who absolutely lacks common sense; any other villain would have completed his task without a hitch. The movie entertains but doesn't give you anything new.