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- From: lonewolf@muse.Corp.Sun.COM (Peter Pak)
- Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
- Subject: Re: Latest Tsui Hark Movie (East&West aka Swordsmen III) at the Great Star (SF)
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 00:16:38 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
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- *** Minor Spoiler(s) Alert ***
-
-
- >Is it true that Hark got yet another actor to play the lead? What's
- >the storyline like?
-
- Yes, Jet Lee is not in this one. I don't know the new actor's name but
- he does a pretty good job. Joey Wong is in it though ;^) I don't
- remember her being in Swordsman II? She plays Snow, Asia's significant
- other. Asia the Invincible is played by the same actress from Swordsman
- II. I don't remember her name... :^(
-
- At the beginning of the movie they show the showdown at the
- Sun-Moon Temple from Swordsman II. I thought it was a preview
- for Swordman II... I didn't realiaze that East & West was
- Swordsman III until the movie started! Nice surprise though!!! ;^)
-
- To summarize:
-
- It's been a while since the heroes from Swordsman II dispatched ;^)
- Asia the Invincible...
-
- A Spanish Warship is dispatched to recover the treasure from the
- Dutch Warship which was sunk in Swordsman II. Accompanying the
- Spaniards are 3 Chinese Officials. 1 Head Dude + 2 Assistants.
-
- It turns out that the Spaniards are really after the Sacred Scroll...
- Ooohhh-Ahhhhhh...
-
- They poke around the ruins of the Sun-Moon Temple/Fortress and
- they encounter the guardian of the Sun-Moon Temple... ;^)
-
- At this point the stage is pretty much set...
-
- Basically...
-
- There's the Spanish Warship (replacement for the Dutch Warship from
- Swordsman II ;^), There's Asia the Invincible, Asia the Invincible
- Wanna Be's, The Japanese Ninja Warship (Way Cool ;^), Lot's of
- flying sequences, Not enough swordplay (Maybe that's why they
- changed the title? ;^)...
-
- The plot is weak compared to the other Swordsman movies but the action
- sequences make up for it. But then again Tsui Hark is my favorite
- Hong Kong film maker so I'd probably watch anything he was associated
- with...
-
- >>P.S. The other feature that they are showing is Casino Tycoon II which
- >> was actually pretty enjoyable.
-
- >Eeeek! Andy Lau was good in the lead role, but this is not a film to
- >watch if you have a low tolerance for TV miniseries...
-
- They did manage to cover just about every single plot twist available
- from a TV Soap didn't they...
-
- I guess I should have put a smiley face on that one!!! ;^)
-
- -Peter
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-