Interesteg What makes it different from others?

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

ltlacey From the comments, I'm beginning to think I saw a different movie. We start out with what looks like a historical drama. In the time period of 976 A.D. a group has overthrown the royal family and taken over the land and people. There is but one remaining royal member, someone who disappeared 14 years earlier, so the counsel decides to send their best warrior to locate this man and bring him home. This is the main plot and is a very plausible and good storyline. And within this plot we have the evil group who wants all the royals killed, and we learn the real reason behind this action along the way as well. Plausible plot still going. As it turns out, the warrior sent to bring the prince home safely is a young woman, and through flashbacks we discover the relationship between the warrior and the prince she has been sent to get. Everyhing ties in nicely. There are other flashbacks that flush out the story and fill in the blanks. What we have here is not just an action movie with a lot of great choreographed fighting scenes (with everyone but the comic relief darn good looking), or what could have been a real event, but a love story. The relationship the develops between the warrior and the prince. The inevitable outcome. Kind of like a lot of operas (which could be the case). The only thing that bothered me about this movie was that there was too much music, and at times the music did not match what was going on in a scene. But when the music fit, it was beautiful. A huge thanks to whoever decided to write in an English horn for a lot of the background music as this instrument helps to set the tone (no pun intended). And this is a beautiful movie to watch as well, though sometimes the running in the air gets to be a tad silly when overdone, which happened now and then in this movie. Ladies, do not pass this one by. The real story here is the love story, and thankfully it's not mushy or overdone. Give this one a try.

Rey Alvarez How can the director of this film be proud of his work? Included in the extra feature of the DVD are some interviews of the director and actors. They reiterate ad nauseum how proud they are of this film. In spite of these positive comments, this film is just a carbon copy of some cheap Hong Kong martial art movie with some shameless rip-off of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow. Fight scenes are merely Koreanized version of Chinese martial art fight scenes with those exaggerated sword plays and physically impossible midair ballets. Just like many Hong Kong movies, the plot is close to nonexistent. Just like many Hong Kong movies, the characters are one-dimensional. The good girl swordfighter is saintly good while the villains are just plain evil. Unlike the real world, there is absolutely no gray area. Also, why do so many of the Balhae bandits look so much like Captain Jack Sparrow? In fact, with the effeminate gestures and weird make-up, one of them looks as if Johnny Depp was speaking Korean. Did Jack Sparrow immigrate from 18th century Caribbean to 10th century Korea to father some offsprings? Although it was a fun movie, "Shadowless Sword" is very unoriginal. It is just a rip-off of martial art movies from Hong Kong.

TylerDurden7 I saw this film had an average rating around 5 the other day, so I figured I'd chime in on it, because I think a 5 is a bit harsh. I enjoyed the film, it has some decent fight scenes, and the acting is fine imo. Yeah, it borrows a lot from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, etc..., but I enjoyed the film regardless of that.I really liked Ji-Woo Choi(who played Yeon Soha) in this film. She was great in the fight scenes and had a seriousness about her character that she portrayed very well. One thing I didn't like was some random oddness in the film. Could have been the script or it could have been the director, its hard to tell, but there were times where there seemed to be a comedy direction out of nowhere during some fight scenes and conversations and whatnot. I felt the film worked better as a serious drama, and the random comedic parts didn't fit in well imo. Also I felt the explosion kill move that is seen a few times throughout the film was a bit corny as well.Anyhow, I think a rating of 5 is a bit harsh. House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Hero are three of my favorite films, and while this film is not in a class with those three, its worth watching if you enjoyed those three films. I think a 7.5 is a fair rating for this film, rounded down to a 7.

phoenixlau First thing first: "Shadowless Sword" doesn't have much of a plot. Nothing much happens, which is pretty ridiculous considering it is a 2 hour movie. Basically, you could describe it as one long trek/chase sequence, periodically interrupted by the fight scenes, a la "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" or the 2nd half of "The Island".Having said that, the fight scenes are the main point of this movie, right? It is rare to see something new or original in martial arts movies, but here the filmmakers have a great eye for visually interesting fights. The backgrounds are gorgeous, and contribute a lot to the fights themselves. For instance, a lot of stuff breaks: pillars, tiles, and other objects all explode violently from destructive weapon swinging (think of the "Matrix" lobby scene but with swords instead of bullets). Roofs are there to enable aerial battle, and even being submersed underwater can't stop the sword fight from continuing!