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Christopher Lee, Jimmy Lin, Max Mong, Thomas Ong

Flashing swords and high-flying leaps abound! In this television miniseries turned movie, a mercenary master martial artist named Feng falls in love with the daughter of a rebel clan leader, while fen...( read more  read more... )ding off the challenge of a shadow swordsman named Ximen, who himself falls in love with a woman who's sworn to kill him. Meanwhile, every sect in China seems to want to kill them both, and everyone's trying to find a legendary trove of gold. As is common with Hong Kong historical epics, the plot of The Master Swordsman is maddeningly convoluted--yet this doesn't keep this kung fu soap opera from plunging forward, leaping from one spectacular fight to another. At over three hours, that's a lot of action, and the sexy cast plays it for all the overwrought passion and steely-eyed cool you could ask for. Featuring Jimmy Lin, Thomas Ong, Hung Yen Yen, and David Chiang. --Bret Fetzer

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Unrated, 200 min.

Directed by: Daniel Lee

Release Date: December 31, 2001

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DVD Release Date: July 8, 2003

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  • incomparable1
    July 28, 2007
    incomparable1
    awesome swordfights in this flick, and special effects for the characters powers were pretty good for a tv movie.

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