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Tsui is capable of better than this.
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Seven Swords
Seven heroes one adventures.
2005 · 2h 32m · Not Rated
Action, Drama
Directed by
Tsui Hark
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Seven Swords
Overview
In the middle of the 17th century, the Manchus conquered China and founded the Ching dynasty. Due to widespread uprisings against the new rulers, the study and practice of traditional martial arts is forbidden and punishable by death. The unscrupulous leader of a troop of mercenaries takes advantage of this situation to make a fortune with the bounty on his head.
Director and cast
- Tsui Hark Director
- Leon Lai Ming as Yang Yuncong
- Charlie Yeung Choi-nei as Wu Yuanying
- Lu Yi as Han Zhibang
- Lau Kar-leung as Fu Qingzhu
- Donnie Yen as Chu Zhaonan
- Sun Honglei as General Fire-Wind
- Kim So-yeon as Green Pearl
- Michael Wong as Prince Dokado
- Chi Kuan-Chun as Qiu Luo Dong
- Jason Pai Piao as Liu Jin Yi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The problem is that Seven Swords' narrative is so cluttered with briefly sketched characters and subplots as to be almost impossible to follow.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
It's a bravura, artful work.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Rotten
[A] bloated Ching Dynasty actioner.
Andrew Sun, Hollywood Reporter
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