Release date: April 2010
It is the late 16th
century, the court in the capital is sunk in corruption, rivalry, and
ineptitude while rumors circulate that a Japanese armada is poised to invade.
Certain men of vision have formed an alliance to force the court to prepare to
fight the Japanese, but nobleman Lee has his own vision: that of putting
himself on the throne, no matter who he must betray. The legendary blind
swordsman, Hwang, goes after Lee, accompanied by a young sidekick orphaned by
Lee’s treachery.
Lee Joon-ik is one of my favorite directors (The King’s Man, Radio Star, Once Upon a Time on a Battlefield) but
this film seems like just a squandering of his considerable talents. It’s
a swash-buckling, sword-action film, and while the fight scenes are well done, they
are interminable and just keep coming. The film has little plot, seems to have
been made with no particular vision or inspiration, and is way too long. My take: DC
Another sword fight, this time
the young sidekick faces off
against the nobleman Lee (Baek Seong-hyeon and Cha
Seung-won).
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