This is actually going tobe released in the UK nationwide.... nice to see eastern movies making it into the mainstream!

Is This Movie Nice ??? I Not Yet Watch...But I Like Leon Lai Movies

i had high expectation for this film before it came out, but it was a big disappointment. The plot is just so boring and slow. I really don't see the point of this movie, espcially the ending. I felt like they are going to make a 2nd one.

erm...Actually...I think this movie is good when i still not watch but after watch i feel this movie suck cause i really don know what it's talking about...always war only...make me so blur........

THIS MOVIE IS JUST TOO LONG!!!!!!!!!! i like the fight scenes tho!!! crazy with that sword whose handle can move. lolz.

I have not seen scenes like that in a long time. Yet, character and story development wasn't too good, left a lot of loose ends So now I wish they would release the original 4 hour uncut version on DVD when it comes out. But yeah, for wuxia fans, this one definitely is worth going to see.

The story do get a little bit boring. The most stupid sword is the one that the handle can move around.

Well, I thought the movie wasnt as good as I expected. I already knew there wouldnt be any story in it. The action was overall good. The one thing that made the movie bad was that the length was way too long. Alot of things in the movie could be left out, like the part where some dude was feeling sorry for the horse. It adds truly nothing to the movie. Well, I still kinda like the movie, but it would be a hell lot better if they edited the movie better

I didn't think this was that great of a movie. I was hopeing that Leon would be in more shots. It was funny tho when i leon was just standing there while the Donnie Yen was doing all the fighting. I would of also like to see the romance between Leon and Charlie grow too.

pretty good but they should release the extended version as I heard it was like supposed to be 4 hours long... that would give the storyline a bit more deoth I'd say

i was expecting soo much from this movie becaue of the cast but it turn out to be a big flop. i only saw the one in chinese without subtitle so i couldn't understand what was going on but somehow i figure i wouldn't know whats going on even if it has subtitle. didn't like the background because it makes everyone looks so dirty. the hairstyle wasn't all that good and the fighting was only ok when it should have been great. i didn't even bother to watch the one with subtitle now. big disappointing for me since i was expecting soo much. ok movie in other sense though.

i really didnt like this my m8 sed the movie was good so i downloaded it but the quility was crap so i got confused on which character was which and everything got worst from there

The action in this movie is so cool! I fancy the craftmanship of all the swords. It look so nice. Really hope that there is replica for sale.

Btw, I heard Tsui Hark is planning a drama series for Seven Swords! I really can't wait for it.

When i first heard about the movie and saw some pics I thought this movie must be really good. However after watching it i was a little bit dissapointed. I thought to highly of it and the movie was so so. Ofcourse the kung fu in it was good but i hoped there would have been more romantic development of the relationship with Leon lai.

I loved this film and Duncan Chows just HoT! *laughs* The swords are very nice!

i've had this movie for over a month now. im not sure whether its worth watchin. its seems pretty long and i tend not to lyk long movies. ive seen the trailer and the fight scenes and they seem pretty good. but thats about it.

The production it´s awesome, so it´s the crew and the actors. But the story is a little to lame. With this actor and such a movie, more beautiful fighting will do it! I mean, Donnie Yen....

Im really excited when the films are related to swords. But however, many of them dissapointed me before. Need to watch this one and give a review.

wow.. the movie is awesome.. although in some part the action was taken too quicklyn dark.. but overall it's a good movie to be watch... i bet there'll be a continue of it right?? cos the story haven ends yet as they're continuing their journey to the main city.. cant wait for part II to be shot

i thought, before i had watched this movie that this will be the best movie ever. But after i watch it, i was so dissapointed that i can cry..... Leon lai makes the movie ever worser than it was. I am looking forward that seven sword 2 will be beter than the first one

i thought the film would be really good, but when i watched it i was quite disappointed .. it became quite boring after a while

I found this movie pretty good. For one thing, it has great fighting scenes and beautiful scenery.

it was kinda crappy ~ too much blood and way too long .. made it boring.. i took a few breaks because it just wasnt interesting enough .
And they didnt tell us anything about the swords...

It wasn't that bad but it could have been more interesting. Also they left room for a sequel at the end if they wanted to but given some of the reviews that might not be likely.

Yep, the swords in this movie are really cool. I found the story was a bit choppy.

Tsui Hark is quite a good action director. Seven Swords deals with noble issues such as helping the weak. Although not as good as Seven Samurai, the movie still delivers. The production design part of the movie really shines through. The seven swords in the movie are so significantly different from one another design-wise. They each possess a kind of personality. I like the huge sword the most. It is the strongest and can cut through most things. I recomment this movie if you are looking for some simple entertainment. Regards, Fightclub.

7 swords is a awesome movie very good sword fighting very nice swords
blood thirsty movie xD

yeh i love the different type of swords... i saw some shop selling the set but it was too expensive

yea I just saw "Seven Swords" recently.
The fighting was good and I just love how they have different types of swords. That Korean girl was hot too! xD

this movie was alright it wasnt really good. it was scary at the start when those people were killing the innocent people for money and i the way they painted their faces was scary and the weapons were scary too

this movie sounds really good! I dont wanna be dissapointed because Im alredy downloading this one. seems so interesting!!

movie was a little to bloody... not really good in action b/c they barely faught.... in my opinion they should have done less talking...

at first i thought this movie woulda been interesting, but it turned out EXTREMELY boring to me. i wanted to sleep half way. as well as that, the story was all over the place, it was so confusin fo me. or maybe it was jus cuz i was too tired of it. it wasn't all that great to me, and it was sooo long!

i also thought this movie is gonna be good BUT no !! the story seems be to set in some fantasized world to me and doesnt look like china at all !!!

A friend of mine said it wasnt as good as Ong Bak but I disagree this is the typical chinese movie epic fighting movie style. And I LOVE IT!!!

More background on the swords would have made it perfect but I guess it was already too long as it is. Maybe make a series out of it??

I see great potential!

its a very good film , but i think leon shud of been sumone else that knows kung fu

THE MOVIE WAS OK......
..THE STORY AND THE MOVIE WAS PRETTY LONG.......
I DID ENJOY WATCHING THE MOVIE BUT IT WAS KIND OF TOO LONG..

I watched the edited version and I have to say I could tell it was edited. things just kinda didn't make sense or ppl developped relationships out of nowhere. I have the non-edited version and will give that a go. I hope I don't get bored!

This movie was sooo good! I really liked all the action within the movie and the plot was excellent! Really enjoyed watching it! >.<

Great choreography and fighting scenes. Overall a very good movie

didnt meet my expectations since it was directed by tsui hark... fighting scenes were great but i thought it was missing some story plots.. it couldve been better if they had each character have their own moment.. when having their swords or whatever.. and somewhat towards the middle and end it sort of got boring to me. but i guess its pretty entertaining. but overall great fighting scenes, but storyline shouldve been better.

i reallyed liked it. the swords were so cool, hahaha. wuznt really into the "dragon" one but i liked the celestial one more ^^


also, is it just me, or does the one the king found resemble the gold snake sword from the tvb series?

i personally dont think this movie was that great..i was kinda of complicated..didnt really get it..

How many people have seen this movie....I thought it was good but it wasn't.....This movie is not good at all ..for real though...I don't understand what the story is about.....This movie is a failure...what u all tink ?

this was an arts movie made for get awards therefore if you don't understand it, it is really reasonable.

basiclly i think the movie is about the owners of the seven swords trying to stop the people from destorying martial arts and the people from abusing the law

This movie was very good, but it was a bit short. Should have spent more time developing the characters. Anyway, Charlie Yeung and the other guy from her village can't really be one of the seven swords, as they don't have any fighting skills at all. As always, Donnie Yen is the best.

Slightly Disappointed - could have done so much with the characters/storyline. Thought some characters were underdeveloped (especially Leon Lai's)

Not Tsui Hark best film to date - doesnt even come close to his previous classics but Overall it was a good film -well worth watching.

This film was a pretty big production and had a lot of media attention on it even before it was released. It marks the return of Charlie and Tsui Hark returning to his beloved wuxia flicks. I was quite impressed with the whole film, but I didn't really like the story where the bad bald guy has a fetish for biting the Korean girl. The brutality of those evil people sort of put a damper mood for me. And the girl with the really white face was quite scary too. Did anyone else think that traitor in the cave resembles Andy Lau? For a moment, I thought it was him too, but I knew it couldn't be because Andy isn't even in the credits for Seven Swords. Maybe it is Andy's long lost brother. I wonder if the television series is anywhere as good. I don't think so since none of the main cast returns.

My brother watched the first 10 minutes of the movie and left it there, he said it was really bad
This film i felt was good, but wasn't great =\ i haven't read the books, but i think it was really packed and well it seemed to drag on (it felt really long) the only parts i liked where the fighting scenes really, i love martial arts so that was kind of the only thing keeping me going... but i liked some of the story as well

After too long Tsui Hark makes a return to the director's chair for Seven Swords, an ambitious martial arts epic based on "The Seven Swordsmen from Mountain Tian", a wuxia novel by Liang Yu-Sheng. Tsui's absence from Hong Kong Cinema has been felt, though the feeling has been a mixed one. After all, Tsui's last two features were the special effects-assisted Black Mask II and The Legend of Zu. One was an egregious comic book movie, the other an ambitious fantasy that was more sensory overload than success. This reviewer even referred to the once-annointed cinema master as "George Lucas on crack." Does Seven Swords further that designation? Or does it mark the return of arguably Hong Kong's best filmmaker of the late eighties and early nineties?
Thankfully, the answer skews towards the latter. Seven Swords - while not reinventing martial arts cinema or reaching the heights of many of Tsui's masterpieces - still manages to entertain and even enthrall, though in uneven and sometimes underwhelming fashion. Tsui's epic is set in Ancient China after the establishment of the Ching Dynasty. The government, fearing retribution from nationalist martial arts types, decide to impose a Martial Arts Ban. More specifically, the practice of martial arts is punishable by decapitation. Aside from putting the fear of headlessness into the local populace, this ban induces evil-looking mercenary types to carry out the ban for the government, thus lining their pockets with blood money AND ridding the land of "good" martial artists.
Chief among these bad guys are a band of bastards led by Fire-Wind (Sun Hong-Lei, clearly enjoying playing the bad guy), who are set to take out Martial Village, home to the Heaven and Earth Society and a major head collection for Fire-Wind's greedy minions. Most of the village is partial to martial arts, but the general understanding is that the villagers don't stand a chance. Luckily, they get help. Former executioner Fu (Lau Kar-Leung) takes two of the villagers, Yuanyin (Charlie Young) and Han (Lu Yi) with him to Mt. Heaven to receive the counsel of Master Shadow-Glow, a legendary swordsmith who just so happens to hang with a passel of supreme sword disciples, among them happy-go-lucky Mulong (Duncan Chow), acrobatic Xin Longzi (Tai Li-Wu), stoic Yang Yunchong (Leon Lai), and glowering badass Chu Zhaonan (Donnie Yen). Shadow-Glow bestows magnificent swords upon Fu, Yuanyin, and Han, and sends the three with his four disciples to kick some major Fire-Wind tail. Bingo: the Seven Swords are born, and bad guys must beware. Or something.
Seven Swords is remarkably simple in both construction and setup. Basically, this is a story about seven supreme swordsmen (or five, since Han and Yuanyin need to get the hang of their new weapons) who band together to right wrongs. That's it. Within the first hour they're already charging back towards Martial Village on their horses, and within 90 minutes they've already dispensed major pain to Fire-Wind's army. The martial arts set pieces that mark this first 90 minutes are fun, engaging stuff, though they're a step below the visceral dazzle of Tsui's The Blade, and nowhere near as balletic as the stuff that the Hero/Crouching Tiger crowd expects. This is rough-and-tumble, grounded martial arts, and it's refreshing in its gritty, dirty excess. It's also a mite confusing, as the editing seems more concerned with energy and movement than fluidity. Sometimes fights start and then stall, and the audience never sees a concrete outcome. Kenji Kawaii's score compensates somewhat, though the martial arts sequences frequently become more of a thundering montage than an actual start-to-finish battle. Still, it's all good. Fight fans who love their choreography uninterrupted could be annoyed, but the sheer furious energy of the action sequences entertains.
Matching the grounded feel of the martial arts is the costume and set design, which eschews pretty costumes and gorgeous colors for more neutral-colored rags and dusty landscapes. Tsui Hark and company go for practical realism rather than pretty pictures for Seven Swords, and again the effect is refreshing. The realistic trappings help overcome the film's essential simplicity; fantasy is put aside, and the trials and mortal danger experienced by the characters (well, the characters who aren't supreme swordsmen) takes on greater edge. Granted, this is just padding to a standard wuxia plotline, but the realistic settings and grounded action help make the world of Seven Swords into something more accessible.
There's other stuff that pads out the storyline of Seven Swords. The Heaven and Earth Society holds secrets, supreme swordsman Yang Yunchong is pained at returning from isolation, Yuanyin likes Yunchong, Han's girlfriend Yiufang (Zhang Jingchu) may like someone else besides Han, and there's even a Korean connection. Bad guy Fire-Wind has a thing for Korean beauty Green Pearl (Kim So-Yeon), an obsession that Tsui Hark lingers on with lurid fascination. Also having a thing for Green Pearl is swordsman Chu, which is weird because it means Donnie Yen gets to play the smoldering romantic hero. Oddly, the veteran martial artist succeeds at being a charismatic hunk, an accomplishment which should be added to Tsui Hark's list of laudable cinematic achievements. Right below "He directed Peking Opera Blues," it could say, "He made Donnie Yen into a romantic hero." Will wonders never cease.
The problem with all of this: it's just padding on a very thick, but ultimately disconnected storyline. There's backstory and hidden agendas in Seven Swords, but the details are handed out in a manner that's almost separate from the actual nuts-and-bolts butt-kicking that people paid to see. After the first 90 minutes, the town of Martial Village goes on a caravan through the desert, and stories involving unrequited love, hidden traitors, possible secret agendas, and Michael Wong as a mustachioed government official appear. Much of it is engaging, e.g. some themes involving the necessity and paralyzing horror of violence, but much of the film's drama is handed out in exposition or after-the-fact flashbacks. The effect ultimately lessens the drama, and further disconnects the story from the action. Plus, there are so many characters and storylines in Seven Swords that most simply do not get enough coverage to matter to the audience. As a result, the film is more underwhelming than compelling, and doesn't satisfy on the level of the popular crossover wuxias of the last five years.
However, these are high level quibbles. Tsui Hark has never been the most coherent storyteller, but his films have possessed an energetic imagination and cinematic vibe that have usually made them infectiously entertaining, if not all-out good. Seven Swords does not succeed as Tsui Hark's best works have, but the action, iconic characters, and the world that it creates are more than enough to make the film worth recommending. If one is expecting too much of Seven Swords, then the film is bound to disappoint. Still, your expectations shouldn't be that high. After all, look at Tsui Hark's last two films; after Black Mask II and The Legend of Zu, expectations should be pretty damn low.
Besides, saying that Seven Swords does not match Once Upon a Time in China, The Blade, or Peking Opera Blues is asking way too much. Those are great movies, and while Seven Swords may not be great, it's good enough. True, it has too many characters, is sometimes underdeveloped, sometimes overstuffed, and probably could even have been trimmed for theatrical release, but Seven Swords does something that a worthy film should: it leaves you wanting more. Whether that means more character backstory, more romance, or simply more action, Tsui Hark's latest film represents an oasis in a very dry desert. Hong Kong Cinema needs movies like Seven Swords, and it succeeds at its genre well enough that the supposed four-hour cut of the film - or Tsui Hark's threatened sequels - sound like things worth looking out for. Plus, Seven Swords shows us that somewhere, somehow, Tsui Hark might still have it. The Master may not completely be back, but hopefully he's on his way.