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by Movie Freak

I loved this film. Saw it when I was a kid and fell in love with it. It's one of those Wong Fei-Hung-like heroic films. When I viewed it again, however, I noticed the fighting didn't have to get sped up so much, but I still love this film. Definitely for fans of those Wong Fei-Hung films.

by William Giordanella

I didn't care for this one at all. I can handle the flying and jumping around if it is done well, but it just looks ridiculous in this movie. The movie seems to drag on forever (I fell asleep twice watching it) and is just not interesting. I give it two stars only for Ti Lung, but even he can't save this one.

by Bastard Ronin

It's the type of fun stuff that sticks with you. This movie scores so many points for sticking to classic methods and themes but still giving a little bit of its own brush strokes."Blade of Fury" is a movie that captures the essence of what a period piece can be by expressing not only the recurring themes of the classics but by the variety as well. This variety extends to the fight sequences in addition. Plenty of excellent choreography and several bad ass martial artists keep everything were it should be despite a little choppy editting here and there and a touch of kooky wire assists (though some of the wire stuff wasn't too bad). You get a bunch of sword work, a good amount of hand to hand, and many styles incorporated in all of the above. Like I said, variety. I also like how there was a good amount of stand out ass kickers. Beware though the ending seems to set up for a sequel that never happens.

HIGHLIGHTS: Keep your eyes on that kid; he is one of the toughest little bastards I have ever seen! Watch as he takes on the masses with two Chinese broadswords. Phat. I wonder what ever became of him. IN SUMMATION: A very enjoyable period piece worthy of a test drive. I think that you will find it handles quite well.

by DA12897

If you can follow the plot and reasoning, the fights are exciting. I wasn't quite thrilled with the ending of the movie. The action wasn't bad at all, just be attentive and follow the intricacy of the film.

by HG6505

Action was good. It just seemed to me that the film tried too hard to copy elements of Bruce Li and Jet Li films. With the martial abilities of the actors, I feel the movie could have been better.

by kahuna

I didn't care for this movie (maybe my expectations were too high considering the star power). The storyline was slow with very little action. The only good part was at the end.

by KJ21890

The wirework was a bit too much but otherwise a good film.

by SY31788

This movie is a classic.

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by GR36629

Somewhat disappointing to find the majestic Ti Lung in a movie where his character is so under-played and his skills are wasted and undisplayed...

by TJ30207

The movie had good fight scenes. It really takes you back if you grew up watching these kinds of flicks at the movies with your moms and pops.

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by Shmicked

Ok martial arts movie. Watching the dubbed version may have made it worse. Pretty good action and fighting. Sammo Hung plays a strange prison guard. Recommend as an addition to a martial arts collection, definitely not a necessity.

by SH25818

Good swordplay. I used to sell kung fu movies in N.Y.C. and "Blade Of Fury" was a good seller.

by HM786

This movie was awesome. The action was well paced, and the swordfighting was top-notch, the kung fu fights were great as well. It was alot of wire-fu, but the actors displayed great martial arts skill as well.

by kyle moody

Kick ass kung fu flick. Great action and storyline. Surely a must-see film. If you can find it, buy it on the spot. No ?'s.

by NN7236

First of all, I need to make something clear. Sammo Hung does NOT star in this film. He does make a cameo appearance in a spectacular bladefight, but the main characters are played by Ti Lung, Yeung Fan and Cynthia Khan.

The story is about the adventures of some patrotic rebels who want the old dynasty restored.

There are some heavy wireworks here, but most of the times, the fights are spectacular as you would expect. The characters are interesting, especially the villains who, for once, are not one-dimensional. Cinthya Khan and Ti Lung deliver solid performance, and so do the rest of the cast.

I am not a critic, but I would say this is one of the finest swordplay movie ever made in Hong Kong. Don't miss it.

Also recommended: "The Assassin".

by mark wright

Brillant. Outstanding!!

If Sammo directed a movie like this, why can't he do more?

The fight scenes were gut busting, no bitch slapping like twin warriors or legend. for example a person gets sliced in half by a sword and someone gets their head released from their body and kicked at their mate. The reason this wasn't a five star film was because the cheesy wire fu effects. Apart from that the martial arts form and fight scenes were top draw. The story was well thought out (it made sense, unlike hidden dragon ct) and the acting was top draw as well.

by CW Cheah

This is an excellent movie. It is well directed and has surprisingly high production values. I was a little disappointed at the very beginning (not knowing what to expect) since it begins with a swords-against-guns sequence (yeah, right!), but what follows is a marvelous gem of a film. The movie is exceptional because it has a decent plot, based on the traditional martial arts values of honor, chivalry and loyalty (and Chinese nationalism) not to mention some brilliant fighting scenes. The kung-fu tournament sequence stands out. It is simply marvelous from beginning to end: Each challenger shows some attractive forms and seems invincible until he gets his butt kicked. I really felt I was watching a traditional "platform boxing tournament" unfolding--anticipating the next boxer, sensing their tension and relishing their clash. It was great to see Ti Lung back in a martial arts movie--although he is a side character. Overall this is great entertainment.

by Wong Jae Senn

Quite a well-done period piece starring Ti Lung as a government officer who intends to bring down the Empress Dowager so that the Emperor can ascend to power. Ti Lung and his cute assistant (played by the beautiful Cynthia Khan) runs into the ex-leader of the Black Flag society, a band of highly skilled martial artists who fought against the Japanese, and they eventually find that they have a common goal.

The whole film is full of fight scenes. Rosamund Kwan's role in this film is negligible and you can hardly remember her appearances after you've reached the ending. Some of the scenes are highly undercranked, and wire-fu is used in large quantities in the beginning and at some parts of the finale. There's a lot of excellent sword-fighting choreography, and the lead actor (Yeung Fan) does some really neat short-blade forms.

Cynthia Khan uses a spear in the finale and she goes up against an old guy who's really good with a rope dart. And of course, that rope dart guy easily outshined Cynthia Khan with his excellent skill. Yeung Fan goes up against yet another old guy who's really good with his hands, and he does some tiger claw forms. Ti Lung gets beheaded shortly before the finale, by the way, so he's not there in the big fight scene. Ng Sing doesn't look very good in this movie, and the stuff he does are just okay.

There is also this kungfu tournament midway through the film, in which the opponents of the first battle used baguazhang, which is interesting since bagua is not featured in many films (and it finally showed up in a big way in Jet Li's The One). Some bad guy also shows up during the kungfu tournament, and he's using Flower Fist, but it's quite different from the Flower Fist that Leung Kar Yan uses in Knockabout. Yeung Fan shows that he's just as good with his hands and legs as he is with swords. This guy is pretty good, and it's quite a pity he doesn't show up in many films.

Overall, this movie was quite well done, and has many, many long fight scenes with plenty of bare-hands and weapons forms. There are also a number of "horrible-ways-to-die" scenes which will make you laugh. And the two funniest death scenes were brought about by Yeung Fan and his short broadsword, one early in the movie and another one at the end.

by FB5742

This is a perfect swordplay/wirework film for me. There is no cheesy comic relief, this is a straight up serious action movie with tons of honor, violence and good dialogue. I really loved the plotline and no holds barred ending and the characters' acting were all superb. This does really have the same feel of Burning Paradise (not the same style of story.) and would recommend this to any wirework fan. The only flaw I saw was that they advertise Sammo Hung like he's a big Character in the movie. While he is literally big, he's only in the movie for about five-ten minutes. DO NOT MISS THIS MOVIE!

This was not what I thought this movie was going to be like at all. I was expecting much more action then what was given to us. The fight scene in the beginning was one of the best I've scene of its kind but then it goes dry for the most of the remaining hour and thirty minutes. It was like giving a hungry chubby kid a Oreo and then when he asks for more they give him crumbs. They had something going and the story was great but, lacked in the action. I gave it a four because the story was really, really good and acting was great! Hey the way I figure it they called it the duel and that's what you get one good duel (maybe two).

by MilesC

An idealistic social reformer befriends a government official, but their opposing ambitions destroy their friendship. First of all, I like this movie quite a bit. BUT, I'm mostly going to say bad things about it. 1) Poor pacing. The first fifteen minutes consists of two action scenes which are only marginally related to the plot. Then things slow way down. 2) The use of wires is pretty bad. I like wirework when it does something to enhance the fight scenes, but in this movie it looks like they said "Hey, cool, let's make everything look fake!" 3) Too much undercranking at times. On the other hand, the story is pretty good, the fight scenes are generally nice, and the ending is a nice change from "riding into the sunset" like in many kung fu movies I can think of. As of now this is the last good movie Sammo Hung has had anything to do with.

by MrBooth

BLADE OF FURY - It's a very good film - extremely manic fight scenes and lots of them. Very bloody. I highly recommend Ringo Lam's "Burning Paradise" too - the films always go together in my mind, possibly because of big swords :-)

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