Donnie Yen, Elvis Tsui, Jimmy Lin
A gang of eunuchs is attempting to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and sibling assassins Sister Ko (Michelle Yeoh) and Brother Sing (Tony Leung) must infiltrate the group to stop them in this Hong Kong ac...( read more
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Directed by: Donnie Yen, Elvis Tsui, Jimmy Lin, Joey Wang, Michael Mak, Michelle Yeoh, Siu-Tung Ching, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Release Date: January 16, 1993
DVD Release Date: December 5, 2000
Stats: 63 reviews
Throw-everything-at-your-face old school wuxia crazyness. The credits say it was written by just one person, but you can tell there was probably a dozen of hands writting everything from stand alone scenes to one or two dialogues. What truly gives the movie it's juice is the char...( read more)
In these post Hero and House Of Flying Daggers (which actually has some ideas and sequences in common with this) times we have come to expect rather more from martial arts stories. The action is non-stop and impressively staged, and it has all the same ingredients; balletic fight...( read more)
Butterfly and Sword is a typical Hong Kong martial arts movie from the early 90s. Its fast paced, and it has a lot of funny action scenes (splitting guys in half, kicking heads off, running through bodies, etc.). Watch only if you have nothing else to watch.
Don't recognise the English title, can't remember if I've seen this.
i bought this movie from a video store bin. the vhs tape has butterfly and sword on the tape but reads comet butterfly and sword when the credits role. VERY fun Kung fu, right from the opening scene when a dude get his face kicked off. Also check out the bed the opium master is ...( read more)
F*ck kick-ass movie. I thought it was really good to watch @ any time of the day.
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