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Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in Le secret des poignards volants (2004)

Metacritic reviews

Le secret des poignards volants

89

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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 100
    Film ThreatPhil Hall
    Film ThreatPhil Hall
    Quite simply, House of Flying Daggers is a film that sets several new standards for production and entertainment values. It is a wild riot of color, music, passion, action, mystery, pure old-fashioned thrills and even dancing.
  • 91
    Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
    Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
    An outrageously gorgeous spectacle of balletic aggression. At the same time, it offers something we rarely encounter in a whirling martial-arts extravaganza: a romantic passion that's woven into the very fabric of the action.
  • 90
    The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
    The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
    A glorious new addition to martial-arts cinema.
  • 88
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Forget "Hero" -- that cult hit was just Zhang Yimou's warm-up for this martial-arts fireball that throws in a lyrical love story, head-spinning fights and dazzling surprises.
  • 80
    VarietyDerek Elley
    VarietyDerek Elley
    The tangled tale of love and disguise is awesome in its action sequences but doesn't touch the heart to the same degree.
  • 80
    L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
    L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
    The most seamless piece of sensuous expressionism Zhang has created since "Ju Dou" (1990).
  • 75
    ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
    ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
    If you think "Hero" is a sumptuous film, prepare to be blown away by House of Flying Daggers.
  • 75
    PremiereGlenn Kenny
    PremiereGlenn Kenny
    All told, while the goods that Daggers offers are choice, the movie ultimately demonstrates that too much can be, well, more than enough.
  • 70
    The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
    The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
    Choreographed to the last beat, the action scenes have a depth that the film's thinly sketched characters never quite develop.
  • 70
    Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
    Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
    If only this epic had enough substantial melodramatic hooks to hang this woman's beauty on; emotional traction is most often buried under acres of carefully coordinated vistas and CGI-hued flora.
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