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The Magic Crane (1993) |
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This movie uses the successful formula established by the Swordsman saga. The magical aspect is, however, increased. The main ingredients of this movie are a magic crane, flying beings, giant turtles, music instruments used as weapons. All this makes it look like a fantasy tale rather than a Wu Xia Pian (Chinese chivalry movie). The film plot is from one of Tsui Hark favourite ideas: two women fight each other and soon the one incarnating the good turns bad, and the evil-ish one (Rosamund Kwan) ends up being rather nice. Despite good ideas, ambitious visuals, a good cast and richness of subtexts, the film isn't 100% convincing. Probably because Benny Chan's direction cannot put together scenes in between action sequences. He's not able, unfortunately, to shot tragic and touching scenes like the ones opposing Brigitte Lin and Jet Li in Swordsman 2.
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