Review by phanthinga

The Magnificent Swordsman is a highly interesting Shaw Bros movie.I can clearly see the influence of Yojimbo and Zatoichi in the way the movie shot and how the action scene happen.A skillful swordsman helping a village fight again a group of bloodthirsty bandits and the movie set up all that pretty well.Thank to the camera movement the movie give us many realistic sword fight and the main character acting is emotional enough to the point that i always worry for him every time a fight happen which very rare in a Shaw Bros movie when every main hero is a unstoppable killing machine.The minus point for me is although you can't blame a actors for bad acting in a movie you only need to see the action but for some reason the main girl keep bringing trouble to other people and annoy the hell out of me with her voice