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Actors: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Chia-Liang Liu, Michael Wong
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Seven Swords |
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This movie (Chat gim) was directed by Hark Tsui in 2004 and earned 11 nominations for the 2006 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The emperor of China has just decided to prohibit the practice of the martial arts in the Empire. Prince Dokado has hired General Fire-Wind and his army to help execute the new law. Dokado pays a bounty for every man killed by Fire-Wind. Soon, the soldiers of Fire-Wind slaughter the inhabitants, women and children included, of all the surrounding villages even if no weapon is found.
Two inhabitants of Martial Village, the last village before the border, decide to go find Master Shadow-Glow, who's taken refuge at the top of a mountain, and ask him for assistance. The Master agrees to send five disciples to help the inhabitants of the village. To each one of them, he gives a sword with peculiar properties. Two other swords are also entrusted to the two peasants. Back to the village, the seven swordsmen will fight against Fire-Wind and his men and will even attack their camp by surprise. But soon, considering the number of the soldiers, the swordsmen evacuate the village whose inhabitants hide in a cave ignoring that a traitor is among them.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Seven Swords |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- ancient china/japan
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
Romance
Yes
Kind of movie
- superfast sword fighting
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- bounty hunter
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Unusual forms of death
- decapitated
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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