This movie was just barely watchable. I kept wishing it would end already and if it weren't for the fact that my friend was actually really into it (he liked the judo scenes, but admitted to having no idea what the movie what about) I would have walked out.
Perhaps it has to do with a Hong Kong movie style, but the plot was all over the place and I had only the vaguest idea as to what was going on. I didn;t even really know or care about the characters. Why did Sun Tzo need money? WHy did he leave judo? Why did the other guy want to fight so badly? What is the girl's relationships to the men? Why are they suddenly lightheartedly grasping for a balloon? Why is the guy at the end wearing a blindfold? I appreciate subtlety but, perhaps because of the translation or cultural differences, I found this movie was unbearable.
Perhaps it has to do with a Hong Kong movie style, but the plot was all over the place and I had only the vaguest idea as to what was going on. I didn;t even really know or care about the characters. Why did Sun Tzo need money? WHy did he leave judo? Why did the other guy want to fight so badly? What is the girl's relationships to the men? Why are they suddenly lightheartedly grasping for a balloon? Why is the guy at the end wearing a blindfold? I appreciate subtlety but, perhaps because of the translation or cultural differences, I found this movie was unbearable.