Dragon Reviews
Guardian [UK]
Yen again proves one of the few martial artists equally adept with subtler emotional beats.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The List
Chan's film may be derivative of plenty of other films (most notably David Cronenberg's A History of Violence) but it manages to keep things fresh and exciting.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Empire Magazine
Full of blistering action sequences worthy of the Shaw Brothers legacy. A treat for martial arts fans.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Movie Chambers
A superior martial arts film with excellent cinematography and a story to match.
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| Original Score: A
Grolsch Film Works
a mannered mix of detective story, morality tale, family tragedy and Buddhist allegory, all wrapped in virtuoso visuals and some very tricksy action choreography... The story may be familiar, but wuxia has never quite looked like this before.
Total Film
Peter Ho-Sun Chan's frenetic, high-kicking thriller runs a full 20 minutes shorter than it did at Cannes in 2011 and feels all the better for it.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Examiner.com
Dragon delivers a few swift kicks and a barrage of bone crunching punches to the standard expectations of a remake. Dragon is a stunning display of martial arts action, mesmerizing detective work, and engaging performances.
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| Original Score: 8.5/10
PopMatters
Gracefully acted, brilliantly shot, and effortlessly combining both character study and superb butt kicking, Wu Xia is an excellent post-modern subgenre gem.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Top Critic"Dragon" has enough interesting left turns in style, mood and psychodrama to make it stand out.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
The movie hurtles along at a pitch of sentiment and melodrama that would make MGM blush, and it's mostly very diverting.
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| Original Score: 3/4
The widescreen cinematography and mountain rain-forest locations retain their interest, as does the deftly incongruous score, which ranges from samba to hard rock.
A martial-arts morality play as lithe as it is forceful.
What it lacks in plot development, it gains in sheer momentum and an outstanding performance.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
AV Club
Yen's strengths have never been in his expressiveness, and Dragon plods when it centers on dramatic struggles, then leaps exhilaratingly to life whenever the fighting begins.
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| Original Score: B-
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A fun collision of "A History of Violence," traditional over-the-top Hong Kong martial arts pictures and sort of a "C.S.I.: Yunnan Province."
It's an adept genre exercise with rare primal depths.
Hi-ya!-accentuated kung fu smackdowns make everything better.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film Journal International
Both a throwback to and a commentary on the swordplay genre that used to dominate Asian cinema, Dragon is so clever and well-made that it might win over a broader-than-usual audience here.
Slant Magazine
Peter Ho-Sun Chan and Deonnie Yen Chan are too resourceful to let things remain dull for long.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
