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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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these Seven Swords do not so much pierce as bore.

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06/15/07
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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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
Justin Bowyer
Empire Magazine
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This long picture unspooled to its end without ever involving or engaging me all that much.

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02/25/06
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Battle, romance, mysticism; it sounds great. It isn't.

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02/22/06
Jonathan Trout
BBC
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It’s a bravura, artful work.

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02/22/06
Wally Hammond
Time Out
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/27/09
Derek Elley
Variety
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Tsui is capable of better than this.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/02/07
Peter Howell
Toronto Star

[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
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
Globe and Mail

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
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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
Film Threat

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
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
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[A] bloated Ching Dynasty actioner.

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08/23/05
Andrew Sun
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