Did you like "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"? Then you probably will enjoy "Reign of Assassin". The plot is based on the human remains of a Kung Fu master. It is said that whoever owns the remains will gain overwhelming power. One of the assassins that steal the remains double crosses her master and takes it for herself. Then the cat and mouse hunt begins.
There are some really awesome action scenes in this movie. And it was a sigh of relief considering the crappy movies Jet Li and Jackie Chan have been putting out there. Michelle Yeoh does her usual thing, and her acting was good. The male protagonist was a Korean actor (Jung Woo Sung). I'm not sure if it was his real voice or a dub, but his Chinese didn't sound that bad. Even his fighting scenes didn't seem fake.
The entire movie is in Chinese - and the US DVDRip has subtitles.
Bending swords are so cool! I'd watch this movie more than once for the action scenes.
Rating: 8/10
awesome! i'm checking this out!
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