This 1967 Ming Dynasty epic may lack plot complexity and period spectacle. But the stand-off in a remote inn is flecked with tension, wit and slick martial artistry.
Dragon Inn(龍門客棧)
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Taiwan, Hong Kong · 1967
1h 51m
Director King Hu
Starring Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng, Miao Tien
Genre Action, Adventure
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After executing the emperor’s minister of defense, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim’s children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. Their bloodthirsty mission is confounded by his political enemies, a group of fighters intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
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Village Voice by Luke Y. Thompson
The slow build of the action is deceptive, as at first the martial arts are all in the editing.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
A director in command of everything from the watchful eyes of his actors, to the beauty of a misty morning light, to the heart-stopping vectors of arrows and swords bursting across a widescreen frame, Hu creates cinema that's the definition of kineticism.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
Dragon Inn is a romantic action film, but it still feels modern thanks to Hu's strict focus on action. I don't just mean the film's relentless series of fight scenes. Hu's film is all about movement.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani
Its historical influence aside, Dragon Inn delivers pure cinematic pleasure. I'm not sure it can be overpraised.
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