Big letdown compared to The Swordsman but still satisfying 2nd half.
Props to the camerawork, stunt team and actors. Writing in 1st half very bad. In 2nd half okeyish. Soundtrack sounded mostly very cheap but got less noticable in 2nd half. I don't know what happened, after the The Swordsman I thought the director/actor team would do be going to the stars, seemed like a dream team. The whole kinda unique camera style from The Swordsman only got noticeable in the 2nd half / last 3rd. Which was a pleasant surprise, after the disappointing and very cliche, cheaply written first half. I was looking forward to this a lot, and it seems at some points a lot of effort went into this and it showed but ultimately was let down by poor writing. Personally OST is a big thing as well and it was not good to say the least. Damn. They could have done more with this. 6 is being generous. Hope they'll go on to be doing something better.
Props to the camerawork, stunt team and actors. Writing in 1st half very bad. In 2nd half okeyish. Soundtrack sounded mostly very cheap but got less noticable in 2nd half. I don't know what happened, after the The Swordsman I thought the director/actor team would do be going to the stars, seemed like a dream team. The whole kinda unique camera style from The Swordsman only got noticeable in the 2nd half / last 3rd. Which was a pleasant surprise, after the disappointing and very cliche, cheaply written first half. I was looking forward to this a lot, and it seems at some points a lot of effort went into this and it showed but ultimately was let down by poor writing. Personally OST is a big thing as well and it was not good to say the least. Damn. They could have done more with this. 6 is being generous. Hope they'll go on to be doing something better.