WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

jiroy haggar Fair to say , the story in total is appealing , well constructed and doesn't fail at any moment , like in many other movies . The need for revenge is justified and come reasonable to our minds . One exception of course , fighting 100 persons which was one of the many reasons that lead me to wish another possible remake ( Even Bruce Lee would have run away or found out a better approach to deal with ) . Frankly , I don't know how someone out there wants us to believe this , logic is a virtue .Even the end leaves us with a strange loyalty to the title ... Legendary he is .. and still alive and kicking somewhere in some cafe . Leaves us with two ends , one for those whom seeing the logical ending and one for those directors faithful to the title ...The actors , except jacky and Celina , are totally mediocre and beginners in every way ; We see here and there each aspect of the mediocre scenery of the cheap china movies . There were goes the most weak points , the perfect destroyers of a good movie , making a big part of it unbalanced with some highly performed scenes from Celina and Jackie . Both , they carried the movie to a respectable level somehow . The last scene with a beautiful music scores high and gives you a non regret of a wasted time .Overall , i'll give 7 stars for the performance of the two heroes despite the many other bad aspects in it and , A future better remake is a wishful thinking...

Bob-45 I rented "Legendary Assassin" because I liked Celina Jade on "Arrow," and because I was looking for a special actress to appear in my movie. Celina, who is Amerasian, has great international appeal. A friend of mine was absolutely convinced she was Latin. However, as much as I liked Celina as "Shado" on "Arrow," her role was pretty one-dimensional. However, in "Legendary Assassin," Celina is extraordinary, managing to be beautiful, cute, funny, sexy and sad in a single role. Not to mention, Celina has a singing voice that rivals Christina Aguilera, which is no small feat, and her "Legendary Assassin love theme" is a bravura performance. You should watch the music video, because the song, which plays over the end credits (and is featured on the radio, in one sequence) is never performed in its entirety. Lead actor Jacky Wu (Wu Jing) is a skilled martial artist. Unfortunately, his opponents are not and the fight scenes are just so-so. Far worse is the story, dialog, and the acting of almost all of the supporting players. Kara Hui, who is not too bad, is still totally unconvincing as a menacing villain. Jacky Wu may be a good actor, but his character is so wooden, one would never know. Almost everyone else has been encouraged to overact, typical of terrible direction. Almost every scene, except the first, is listlessly shot and edited. Even the opening credits are inept. However, Celina brightens every scene she is in. She will make a wonderful leading lady in my movie and will, hopefully, become the international star she deserves to be. Oh, one other positive note. In the movie, Celina has a beautiful Persian cat.I rate "Legendary Assassin a "5".

dbborroughs Good looking but otherwise not very good action film about Bo (Jacky Wu aka Wu Jing) who goes to an island near Hong Kong and kills a mob boss and removes his head. Since a typhoon is rapidly approaching he finds himself stranded on the island. While looking for a place to eat he runs in a women played by Celina Jade, who takes him in after he rescues her cat. things become complicated when she turns out to be a cop, the dead mob boss is discovered by more mobsters who have come to the island and he ends up waiting out the storm in the police station as a witness to another crime.Fast moving action film suffers because other than the final battle in the rain the action sequences are unremarkable (and full of obvious, not very well done, wire work). The numerous fights kind of come off as almost rehearsals thanks to poor camera shots which reveal how little contact was made. Celina Jade isn't really believable as the cop who's capable of holding her own against the bad guys since from her first action scene we're asked to believe she had to be rescued from the clutches (literally) of a bad guy she will moments later fight to a stand still. The film tries to have it both ways and ends up having it no way.I won't pick on her performance since its clear she had problems that didn't really allow her to do more than look pretty.Not a horrible film, its just one that needs to be reedited to make it seem more real.Give the film points in that I made it to the end, and maybe one more knowing that if I ran across it on cable I might actually watch it again. Its a film that belongs in that weird twilight zone of not really good that you'd choose to watch it again, but would if you ran across it, even though its not really good that you'd recommend it or admit you saw it, since its not that bad, but the same time its not really good either, but its not bad enough to dismiss as total trash that you can really make fun of.somewhere around 5 out of 10, maybe 4 out of 10 or...

Ongjak Paniac (panyongjak) Frankly I do not understand why this movie deserves such a pathetic IMDb score, given its decent plot and great story-telling. The movie reminded me of Infernal Affairs, which is not a bad example to look up to. It brought me back to the Islands District of Hong Kong, where life is much simpler. The dingy alleys, plainly clothed local police officers and a lone traveler from culturally different mainland China drew a picture in sharp contrast with penthouse office, high heeled diva and black suits donned gangs. The movie gave a successful preach that it's not appearance or wealth but compassion and dedication to higher ideals that makes the world a better place and life a fulfilling process. It thoroughly warmed my heart and plenty of unanticipated turns kept me absorbed throughout. I found it much more interesting than Ip Man, an over-hyped movie full of political correctness. I beg to differ with the other comment doubting Jacky Wu's performance and caliber as a co-director. I would definitely recommend it to my friends, who may even not turn out an Kung Fu movie fan.