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Seven Swords (2005)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:3

Rotten:10

Average Rating:4.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins

Genre: Sports/Recreation

Synopsis: ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA director Tsui Hark directs this martial arts extravaganza. Set during a time in China when the Ching Dynasty ruled the country and martial arts fighting was strictly... ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA director Tsui Hark directs this martial arts extravaganza. Set during a time in China when the Ching Dynasty ruled the country and martial arts fighting was strictly outlawed, the film focuses on a group of seven swordsmen who break the law and attempt to save a village besieged by government henchmen. [More]

Starring: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Chia-Liang Liu

Starring: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Chia-Liang Liu

Director: Hark Tsui

Director: Hark Tsui

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May 1, 2008

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/27/09
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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these Seven Swords do not so much pierce as bore.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/15/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

Tsui is capable of better than this.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/02/07
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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[The film] leaves itself open in the end for sequelization, which would be a good thing. There's enough worth appreciating in Seven Swords to think that a second try could easily find its comfort zone.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/02/07
Jim Slotek
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies

The problem is that Seven Swords' narrative is so cluttered with briefly sketched characters and subplots as to be almost impossible to follow.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/02/07
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Looks gorgeous, but ultimately collapses under its own weight, as if it were a Chinese Kingdom of Heaven.

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01/18/07
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net

What could and should have been great is reduced to the tragically dull. A wasted opportunity of immense proportions.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Justin Bowyer
Justin Bowyer
Empire Magazine

This long picture unspooled to its end without ever involving or engaging me all that much.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
02/25/06
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Battle, romance, mysticism; it sounds great. It isn't.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/22/06
Jonathan Trout
Jonathan Trout
BBC

Every now and then, I’d like to watch a movie that could give me thrills, an engaging story, and not force me to think actively about ideology in order to enjoy it.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/22/06
Stina Chyn
Stina Chyn
Film Threat

It’s a bravura, artful work.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/22/06
Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Time Out

Tsui's strengths lie mostly in martial arts mayhem ... but unfortunately it's the film's ponderousness that stays with you after it's done.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
02/02/06
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Your enjoyment will be limited by your capacity to watch people try to carve each other up. Some of the plot is a little familiar and borrowed from better films including THE GUNS OF NAVARONE. Still, there is some nearly majestic photography.

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11/11/05
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

[A] bloated Ching Dynasty actioner.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
08/23/05
Andrew Sun
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