Yi tin to lung gei

I am a big fan of the original Kung Fu Cult Master with Jet Li so was excited to hear of this movie.

Plenty of famous movie stars in this movie.

They even have Donnie Yen but unfortunately he didn't do much.

Overall the movie felt kinda rushed. Don't really connect with the leads and the fight scenes were far better in Jet Li's version.

All the famous actor already know this show sure flop yet still come to appear at this show because of Director Wong Jing. All didn't portray well , just use poker face finish the lines and that's it. Old school camera style.

The story is very popular among chinese audience and 1993 version is a tough record to break.

Thankfully, top cast like Janice Man and Donnie Yen gave an A class performance to tbe movie despite the dreadful dialogues.

Main hero played by Raymond Lam was considerably barely okay... as he lacks the the A Class performamce compared to Jet Li... who mamaged to deliver a more charismatic and illustrious character, and not to mention... real kungfu.

CASTING of Sabrina. Qiu and. Rebecca Zhu was the biggest mistake to this production... watching both of them in the film was an excruciating experience... there is no other way to say this... They SUCK!

The storyline was draggy at certain point considering the Director planned for 2 part to this story... which kind of bore me halfway through the film...

I doubt i would want to drag myself to watch Part 2.

For wuxia movies' fans, especially the old school Shaw Brothers era, this 2022's Yi Tien To Lung Qi is the romantic reminder of such era. Minimalistic visual effects, clever editings, physical stunt works and dance-like choreograph fight scenes are the strongest features of this film. Because it allows the director and actors to showcase the poetic story of Yi Tien To Lung Qi: the ironic world where chaos rules, the righteous justify sinister cruelty and the unlawful minorities show their heroic deeds by actions. Yi Tien To Lung Qi is Cin Yong's third saga of the Condor Heroes Saga which tells a story that span through 5 generations heroes who defend China from invasion through righteous unification.

If you are looking for extravaganza of special effects fights movie, skip this. For those who enjoys a social commentary story and old school wuxia fans, you need to watch this

By the way, this is 2-hour film is the first installment of Yi Tien To Lung Qi, I can't wait to see the 2nd installment.

I just finished watching both parts of this remake of the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre. Well it's technically a remake of the KungFu Cult Master, a 1993 Jet Li movie that never got a proper ending. I first watched a version of this story, thr 1986 TV series, when I was a child. Even as a child, I was impressed by the story, so I was excited when I learned that there's a 2022 remake, which will surely have better special effects. Well, to call this 2022 version a remake would be a blasphemy. This movie is not faithful to its source material. Some plots have been shortened or completely changed, pressumably to maintain a shorter running time (the original series has 40 episodes). The 2 biggest names in the cast, donnie yen and louis koo, have probably 30 minutes of screen time combined. The choreography is terrible, special effect looks cheap, and the characters have been neutered. The deaths of some characters, so powerful in the 1986 series, do not feel impactful at all here. I don't dislike the actor portraying Wuji, but he simply does not have Tony Leung's onscreen charisma. And the decision to alter some important plots to meet the required runtime does not help him at all. I understand they had to cram so many materials into a 4-hour runtime, but I feel it could've been executed more elegantly. The love story between wuji and zhao min feels very rushed, and there's no chemistry at all between the two actors. Overall this is an extremely disappointing attempt of what is one of the most famous chinese fairy tales. I've heard many good things about the 2019 series, so if you want to revisit your childhood, I suggest either watching that, or better yet, watch the 1986 classic.