14 Blades
After he's framed for treason, a legendary royal guard joins forces with a gang of outlaws to save an empire. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei.
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27 August 1947, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
12 March 1976, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
28 November 1976, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
24 September 1945, Guangdong, China
14 October 1949
December 01, 2010
Over the top, over saturated and overly melodramatic, this wuxia action adventure follows an outlawed swordsman in Ancient China who has to save the Emperor, fight off deadly assassins and restore his dignity.
August 21, 2014
While "14 Blades" grinds on perhaps a half-hour too long, its ambitions and energies show that for a fresh take on the western, go east.
August 22, 2014
Casting Donnie Yen in a martial arts film and burying him in CGI is akin to casting Arnold Schwarzenegger in an action film and arming him with a Nerf gun.
November 25, 2010
Striking to look at there are echoes of film noir in the image making with hard contrasts and plenty of deep shadows - and lots of blue
August 19, 2014
But not even the most garbled Tsui Hark joint is as unintelligible as 14 Blades, a film that's lost in its own backyard.
August 22, 2014
Director, co-writer and production designer Daniel Lee keeps things moving so quickly, there's little time to worry about such basics as where we are or what's actually going on.
August 19, 2014
Come for Ku's joyful choreography, stay for Yen's most memorable post-comeback performance.
August 18, 2014
An immensely gifted physical performer, Donnie Yen isn't strong enough an actor to suggest an authentic inner life to his character beyond a vague sense of stone-faced dissatisfaction.
July 21, 2014
Its stylishly retro touch and flashy sets and stunts makes a nice package.
August 16, 2010
a breathless dash through the desert, as spectacular as it is slyly sentimental.
July 21, 2014
Stylish package has thesps hitting their marks (and each other), but also keeps the human drama from being swamped by wirework and CGI effects.
