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The Blade

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Driven by revenge, a one-armed swordsman (Wing Zhao) with a sawed-off blade and a martial arts manual pursues villains.

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Howard Waldstein CBR 07/18/2023
After his literal descent into a hellish landscape, Ding-on convalesces and hones a deadly, Tasmanian Devil-like technique. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/01/2005
3/5
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Chris 6d One of Tsui Hark’s best & probably his darkest See more A M Aug 11 Please release this in 4k blu ray A MASTERPIECE See more Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing 02/24/2025 An absolute masterpiece by Hark. It is not nearly popular enough. Some of the most stylistically choreographed martial art sequences ever. Enjoyable from beginning to end. See more 04/29/2016 Some great action sequences but have to wait for it. The sword fights in the latter part are real good. Overall good fun though the beginning can be a bit slow and melodramatic See more 02/25/2016 The film has a fast pace in part due to its quick edits and cuts throughout. Worthy, but has a style that has to be tolerated. See more 10/04/2015 Tsui Hark's re-imagining of One Armed Swordsman that itself was an unofficial adaptation of a tiny bit of Louis Cha's second Condor Heroes novel. This one done either as a parody or maybe an acknowledgement of Wong Kar Wai (Ashes Of Time). It does become its own thing, and is unlike anything Tsui had done, before or since. It meanders a bit, but I like it much more now than I did about twenty years ago. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Driven by revenge, a one-armed swordsman (Wing Zhao) with a sawed-off blade and a martial arts manual pursues villains.
Director
Hark Tsui
Producer
Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Genre
Action
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 45m