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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 2011 123movies

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 2011 123movies

Jet Li and Tsui Hark are back together.Dec. 15, 2011125 Min.
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Watch: 龍門飛甲 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – The Emperor’s eunuchs have gained power and influence, the East Bureau and West Bureau spy and police the nation. They visit the shipyards, but only as a cover to execute those who would try and report their taking of bribes to the Emperor. Zhao Huai’an fights the leader of the East Bureau, defeating him and putting his head in a box and hanging it as a warning to other corrupt officials. The Emperor’s chief concubine wants them to prevent the Emperor impregnating anyone aside from her. Three pregnant courtesans have been executed, a fourth is being hunted down. Officials stop a riverboat and are about to execute a woman but a masked hero intervenes. Zhao watches from nearby and the masked hero also claims to be Zhao. The imposter helps the courtesan flee to Dragons Gate, Zhao and his followers decide to fight the West Bureau to help delay them and aid in the escape..
Plot: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over – innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.
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5.9/10 Votes: 8,292
68% | RottenTomatoes
57/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 160 Popularity: 7.468 | TMDB

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Thrilling action and the best use of 3D since ‘Avatar’- pity the frenetic overplotting, the underwritten characters and most of all, an underused Jet Li)
Who better to attempt the world’s first 3D ‘wuxia’ movie than Tsui Hark- the man is behind some of the genre’s most iconic representations like ‘The Swordsman’, ‘Green Snake’ and ‘Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain’, and with the latter also a pioneer for introducing Hollywood- style special effects to Chinese cinema. It seems befitting therefore that almost thirty years later, Tsui Hark should be the one to import the latest Hollywood fad for the same genre- and true enough, the veteran director’s maiden effort at the third dimension is nothing less than impressive.

Like James Cameron, Tsui brings his considerable experience as a director to bear on the use of 3D to immerse his viewer into his cinematic vision. Gimmicks aside (yes, you’ll still find all kinds of flying objects- wooden beams, arrows, knives and swords- coming straight at you), Tsui crafts each shot- static or moving- meticulously to create depth in every one of them and provide raison d’etre for the use of 3D. Tsui has of course had some generous help from Hollywood expert Chuck Comisky (who oversaw the visual effects for ‘Avatar’), and the result is a milestone for the ‘wuxia’ genre as well as for Chinese cinema.

Alas for all its technical achievements, this loose remake of his classic ‘New Dragon Gate Inn’ unfortunately is let down by more conventional elements like plot and character. As with his earlier movie, the setup here is also the gathering of three disparate groups of individuals at a trading post in the middle of the desert. On one hand, there is the vigilante Zhao Huai’an (Jet Li), Zhao’s female equivalent Ling Lanqiu (Zhou Xun), as well as a runaway palace maid Su (Mavis Fan) impregnated by the Emperor and therefore an assassination target by the Empress to preserve the lineage. On the other, there are the formidable Western Bureau troops, led by their fearsome commander Yu Huatian (Chen Kun), who have been sent by the Empress to kill Su and eliminate those opposed to the reigning monarchy.

The pursuit of the latter for the former leads their paths to cross with a ragtag group of bandits in search of ancient treasure buried under the sand near the inn. The advent of a once-in-60-years major sandstorm is supposed to unearth the treasure, and among those waiting to get a share of the riches are Gu Shaotang (Li Yuchun), Yu Huatian’s doppelganger White Blade (also Chen Kun) as well as an intimidating Tartar warrior princess Buludu (Gwai Lun Mei) and her band of loutish tribesmen. Setting up such a sheer number of characters takes time, and a good half-hour is spent on exposition detailing these individuals and their relationships with each other. The effect of this after an exciting first half-hour watching Zhao assassinate the leader of the Eastern Front (Gordon Liu) and then finding himself outmatched by Yu is like adding a lead weight to the proceedings, so much so that what momentum the film had going for it is almost completely lost.

Perhaps even more significant is that Jet Li is practically absent during this half-hour, and by the time he does reappear to join in the action-packed finale, it’s too late for any significant characterisation to allow his crusading warrior Zhao Huai’an to rise above the fray. There is a past romance hinted at with Zhou Xun’s Ling, but Tsui provides too little elaboration on it- and if Jet Li’s Zhao is thinly drawn, you can pretty much guess that the rest of the characters also suffer the same fate.

Not only does this first reunion of Tsui Hark and Jet Li outside the ‘Once Upon A Time in China’ series fail to create a cinematic icon like Wong Fei-Hung, it also gives Jet Li surprisingly little to do in the action department. As if hemmed in by the movie’s title, Jet Li is almost always duelling only with his swords while performing some gravity-defying flight through the air, with ultimately too little of the lightning-quick hand-to-hand combat we’ve come to love about the action star. Not to say that Yuen Bun’s action choreography doesn’t thrill (it does, especially with Tsui’s ability to direct elaborate action sequences), but one hopes that Yuen (who was also behind Tsui’s ‘New Dragon Gate Inn’ back in 1992)- and his co-choreographers Lan Ha Han and Sun Jiankui- had exploited Jet Li’s martial arts prowess for more.

While it fails to capitalise on its key asset (i.e. Jet Li), the film does deliver some thrilling action sequences that blend old-school choreography with modern-day CG wizardry- the showdown between Zhao and Yu right in the middle of a raging sandstorm is an excellent example of this combination. Amid the wire-ful stunts, the excellently staged swordplay stands out- and it is Zhou Xun, rather than Jet Li, who impresses with her elegant moves. Kudos too to Choi Sung-fai’s fluid cinematography and Yau Chi-wan’s deft editing in all the elaborately staged action sequences- especially one which seamlessly intercuts between the action inside the inn and below the inn when the triumvirate first converge.

In terms of visual spectacle, Tsui Hark is definitely at the top of his game, both the action choreography and the initiation of 3D into the ‘wuxia’ genre easily establishing itself as one of the must-see classics. Nonetheless, for all its technical achievements, this latest reworking of the ‘Dragon Inn’ mythology is let down by its poorly drawn characters and at times its frenetic over-plotting of deceptions and double-crosses. And even as Tsui has more than proved his prowess with new-fangled Hollywood magic, one wishes that he had also not forgotten his faculty for old-school elements like plot and character- after all, it was these that made his 1992 ‘New Dragon Gate Inn’ such an enduring masterpiece.

Review By: moviexclusive
Return to Dragon Inn with Flying Swords at Dragon Gate
Famed Asian director Tsui Hark known for the Once Upon Time China series and his most recent Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame returns with an all-new remake/reimagining of the Dragon Inn series with Flying Swords of Dragon Gate. This film not only features Hark bringing back the famed wuxia style, superstar Jet Li and is the first wuxia film shot entirely in 3D.

Flying Sword is set three years after Dragon Inn and the original owner Jade has disappeared and in her place a band of marauders disguised as citizens in hopes to find a fabled lost city. This was a great entry into this genre of martial arts filmmaking. The sets and visuals are as epic as every taking you into the world just like those that came before it. The story is fairly straight forward and not as nearly convoluted as most in this genre, but does a have a few moments here and there that veer off on an unstable path, but return with little confusion. The cast all do a great job bringing their characters to life and delivering the needed action to make this film work. Much like the original Dragon Inn films in 1992 this hearkens back to the time of over the top wild and crazy action that works on every level. This film sports some of the best martial arts action of this genre in sometime. Somewhere it seemed like they forgot how much fun and great these films were, but thankfully Hark is bringing it back. While not getting the chance to witness the 3D in action, it is clear from the way this movie is shot that they took full advantage of it. It easily enhanced the 2D version making it more intriguing and fun while never being distracting.

For all those bummed about Jet Li’s minimal return in Expendables 2, this is a welcomed replacement to get your Li fix. He is in top form reminding everyone where he came from and why we love him so much. As if this great film wasn’t enough as is, there is even a cameo by the legendary martial arts icon Gordon Liu that will make old school fans of this genre smile. If you like Li or these old school style martial arts films, you have to check this film out, you will not be disappointed.

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Review By: rgblakey

Other Information:

Original Title 龍門飛甲
Release Date 2011-12-15
Release Year 2011

Original Language zh
Runtime 2 hr 2 min (122 min)
Budget 35000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Adventure
Director Hark Tsui
Writer Hark Tsui
Actors Jet Li, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen
Country China
Awards 16 wins & 37 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1 (IMAX 3-D version) (intended ratio), 2.35 : 1
Camera Red Epic, Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Red One MX, Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Silicon Imaging SI-2K, Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses (some shots)
Laboratory Kodak Cinelabs, Beijing, China (prints), Kodak Cinelabs, Beijing, China (prints: 2D version), Lollol Media (digital intermediate), Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong (prints), Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong (prints: 2D version)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Redcode RAW (4.5K) (5K) (dual-strip 3-D) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), 70 mm (horizontal) (IMAX DMR blow-up), D-Cinema (3-D version)

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 2011 123movies
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 2011 123movies
Original title 龍門飛甲
TMDb Rating 6.3 160 votes

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