Here's a movie that is a cliché from start to finish.
The first hour tells a very simple and predictable old story (you could sum it up in a couple of sentences) and doesn't even bother to embellish the basic premise with any subplot or details. Instead it fills time with interminably long "smouldering" looks (sorry, this was not good acting as some claim, it was first-grade ham) and people running around the over-the-top set swishing their over-the-top costumes about or showing off their cleavage.
Then the second half changes tack completely and turns the whole thing into "how many thousands of people can we get to run/jump/fly at each other while swishing various weapons around?". Utterly silly assassins flying around all over the place, squealing... it's truly like a *parody* of a Chinese historical action movie! Which wouldn't be so bad except it takes itself far too seriously! It's so obvious they were trying to "make an epic". Enough with the rainbow-coloured costumes and interiors, which don't look at all classy or beautiful. Stop labouring the fact that the good army are on the gold and yellow side and the bad army are all black and gunmetal. I got it already, it's not clever.
It's a silly, simple story done about as tediously as possible.
The first hour tells a very simple and predictable old story (you could sum it up in a couple of sentences) and doesn't even bother to embellish the basic premise with any subplot or details. Instead it fills time with interminably long "smouldering" looks (sorry, this was not good acting as some claim, it was first-grade ham) and people running around the over-the-top set swishing their over-the-top costumes about or showing off their cleavage.
Then the second half changes tack completely and turns the whole thing into "how many thousands of people can we get to run/jump/fly at each other while swishing various weapons around?". Utterly silly assassins flying around all over the place, squealing... it's truly like a *parody* of a Chinese historical action movie! Which wouldn't be so bad except it takes itself far too seriously! It's so obvious they were trying to "make an epic". Enough with the rainbow-coloured costumes and interiors, which don't look at all classy or beautiful. Stop labouring the fact that the good army are on the gold and yellow side and the bad army are all black and gunmetal. I got it already, it's not clever.
It's a silly, simple story done about as tediously as possible.