Sunday, May 9, 2010

The Son of Swordsman (1969)

Directed by Joseph Kuo
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Crash Cinema)

Confusing story of a young swordsman who must deliver a mysterious "box" to his relatives. Once he gets there, the story becomes a convoluted tale of revenge involving two families. Backwards film loops are used to make people "jump" from the ground to high places. Gravity is assumed not to exist in many of the fights as people hang in mid air. Arrows are caught in mid flight and thrown back to their origin. There is a multiple twist ending involving a pair of lovers who may or may not be brother and sister.

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