Ok, I see a lot of 10 reviews and I can't help wondering why some people think this deserves a 10.
It's not really bad though. It has some great John Woo style action sequences and the historic background is interesting.
Now maybe it's because I'm not familiar with Korean style film, but to me it seemed kind of all over the place. Western style plot with eastern style action suddenly turned into romantic melodrama. Not to mention weird scene changes. People getting seriously damaged suddenly turning up looking totally fine in the next scene. Some guy getting his ear almost bitten off, and the next minute without a scratch.
Oh and let's not forget the girl suddenly marrying the bad guy near the end.
Oh well, it still was entertaining, I suppose, but I can't really give it more than a 6 rating, mainly because scenography and camera work was very good quality.
It's not really bad though. It has some great John Woo style action sequences and the historic background is interesting.
Now maybe it's because I'm not familiar with Korean style film, but to me it seemed kind of all over the place. Western style plot with eastern style action suddenly turned into romantic melodrama. Not to mention weird scene changes. People getting seriously damaged suddenly turning up looking totally fine in the next scene. Some guy getting his ear almost bitten off, and the next minute without a scratch.
Oh and let's not forget the girl suddenly marrying the bad guy near the end.
Oh well, it still was entertaining, I suppose, but I can't really give it more than a 6 rating, mainly because scenography and camera work was very good quality.