SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Cem Lamb This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Almeida Findi From the very first scene, this movie exceeded all my expectations. The director was the choreographer for Bourne Identity (2002) as well as several other action movies, and he really outdid himself here. The fights are stunning, incredibly fast paced but coherent. The main attraction is sword fights, but there's a healthy dosage of 1-0-1 combat here and if you enjoy fights from movies such as the Bourne series I can only say you're in for a real treat. There are a lot of innovations too, for instance several shots in the fight sequences are used to make you feel like you're in the fight. It absolutely works and I can't stop watching it over and over again.It's not all dumb action though, the director brings some much needed freshness to filmmaking in the camera work. While the fights are fast, brutal and visceral, the shots of dialogue and more calm scenes are wider and steadier. The audience also gets to see some shots from unexpected places like very close to the surface of the water or the inside of a bowl, which are nicely integrated with the rest of the footage providing an immersive experience. They don't look like Go Pro video at all like in a lot of other movies (if it is then it's very well treated in post production).The movie was mostly shot in China, and it yields beautiful landscapes. We can also see from the viewpoint of the characters eyes at points, something I found to really contribute to the storytelling and used to great effect as you'll see in the movie. The story is really good and has some nice depth to it. The chemistry really works between the cast. Nicolas Cage does a decent job, though his character here doesn't demand much, and Andy On is really good as the films villain. Bill Su Jiahang is terrific as young prince Zhao and the chemistry between the main characters really works. The real highlight here though is Hayden Christensen as Jacob and Yifei Liu as Lian. Hayden is just amazing and really sells his part, while Yifei is just the cutest. They are really great together and there is a nice but reasonable dosage of humor in there too. I'll guarantee you'll be rooting badly for their characters. Combined with a good score is that is very well edited into the movie, this is a beautiful tale. I saw it with my whole family and they all loved it. Speaking for myself as a movie enthusiast, I can say this is a very well made picture.Despite all this greatness however, the shooting style of the action sequences can be it's biggest downfall if the movie is not displayed properly. The fact is the vast majority of TVs around are not up to scratch to display this. I saw it on Blu Ray on an OLED TV, which has an instant response time and 24p playback. I'd say 24p playback is almost a requirement for this movie. Watching it on Netflix on an iPad made many action sequences get overwhelming and messy pretty quick, and I must say this is one of the titles I saw the most difference in video quality between Netflix and Blu Ray. Motion performance is one area where the quality of TVs has actually degraded in the transition from Plasma to LCD and OLED, manufacturers really have to get their act together.It really saddens me to see internet bashers ripping this movie apart. Yes, it has flaws and I could nitpick them all day like some other reviewers have done here, but let's not mistake the forest for the tree. I don't think they're being fair, they love up terrible movies and completely skimp over their glaring and numerous flaws while making a huge effort to bash anything that doesn't adhere to their idea of a great movie. The fact is this is one of the few good movies that have been released in the last few years and I highly recommend watching this in the best quality you can.

SeakDub This will be a quick review. Nothing and I mean NOTHING was good about this movie. I tried to think of one funny part, action part, whatever. Nothing. I was gonna rate it a 2/10 but again almost every part of this movie was so hard to watch. The acting was awful. I know Nicolas Cage can act and has been in decent movies. But this was one of the worse movies I've seen Cage in. The accent throughout the movie distracted me from the movie at times. Hayden Christensen was also terrible. Also giving another bad accent and I just kept seeing the same role he gave in the prequels for Star Wars. The rest of the cast was something to complain about as well.Movie was slow and just felt like they didn't even attempt to make it decent. And the movie only got worse as it went on. I was even complaining about the deaths. It didn't make any sense on how the smallest wound killed but others lived with stab wounds all over. It had me so confused. A movie that was so slow and too long. After I complained about Cage's accent, his outfit and scar he had was so bloody bad. Wait bad isn't the right word, it was shameful. Cheapest way and attempt to make it a scar.Skip this movie, so many worse movies out there that still beat this by a long shot. I had to add this movie to my HORRIBLE MOVIES list, and I feel like I made a correct choice. I'm sure I can go on about what else is bad about this movie but I'm just going to stop here. In short, SKIP!!

george walters I don't even know where to begin to review this movie. I knew it would be bad from the trailers but nothing had prepared me for this. My brother really wanted to give this one a try for a good laugh so we thought "why not".First you should know it is NOT a Nicholas Cage movie, unlike what the posters / trailers show. He's barely present on screen. Hayden Christensen however takes the lead and you see him in 90% of the movie.His stupid soccer player haircut coupled with his absolutely absurd accent makes the movie unwatchable. Cage's accent isn't even better. I don't know what they were both shooting for but it almost makes me regret having actors use an Irish / British accent for Crusade - Medieval movies.The action is set somewhere in China but most of the Asian actors had an indistinctive American accent, save for that one child with a very South London accent (for no reason). It was more than immersion breaking.Not a single character is useful to the plot. The action scenes are poorly made and I admit I fell asleep 5-6 times, my brother had to wake me up. He actually fell asleep before the movie ended. Please, this movie isn't one that is "so bad it's good". It's so bad you'll fall asleep. Avoid at all costs

billgrasha I've grown extremely wary of anything with Nicolas Cage, but decided to give this a try. Fortunately, Nicolas is not in it the entire time, as I have not heard an English accent that good since Bus Pirates. I also didn't know that they had Grecian Formula back in those days.The movie was pleasantly self aware. Look for the exchange between the fugitive heir to the throne and our hero who has just made an archery shot that not even Green Arrow or Robin Hood could have pulled off. The hero's answer alone is worth the price of admission. Also, the reply to the White Ghost's question of how did you find me is quite enjoyable.It's not a great movie, but the costumes seem period correct, the weapons seem plausible, and the scenery is outstanding. And with the exception of one acceptable scene, there is no Kung Foolery.