Seven Swords (2005)

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these Seven Swords do not so much pierce as bore.

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06/15/07

3/5

[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.

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03/02/07

N/A

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

2/5

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

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04/01/06

2/5

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

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02/25/06

2/5

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

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02/22/06

2.5/5

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.

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02/22/06

N/A

It’s a bravura, artful work.

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02/22/06

6/10

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.

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02/02/06

6/10

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