Tsui Hark's films aren't famous for their coherence, but Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is such a wantonly incomprehensible experience that it occasionally feels like an epic piece of outsider art.
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate(龍門飛甲)
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China · 2011
Rated R · 2h 5m
Director Tsui Hark
Starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Gwei Lun-mei
Genre Action, Adventure
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Set three years after Dragon Inn, innkeeper Jade has disappeared, and a new inn has risen from the ashes - one staffed by marauders masquerading as law-abiding citizens. The new owners hope to unearth the fabled lost city buried in the desert, which is only revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years.
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Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
Tsui Hark's film is the veteran director's chance to let his imagination run riot in the context of a high-budget, 3D IMAX production.
Silly, distracting, and undeniably entertaining.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Despite the presence of Jet Li, only the last half-hour of this chatty epic truly flies.
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate isn't as much fun as the director's previous film – the wondrous "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame."
The New York Times by Mike Hale
Surprisingly old-fashioned. It seems to be having an argument with itself: the dazzling but often antiseptic immersiveness of the viewing experience is countered by storytelling suffused with nostalgia for a simpler, messier, livelier period in Chinese film.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
A chunky spectacle, to be sure – overstuffed with plot and characters - but at times, it's an insanely entertaining one.
The story has been brought to the screen twice before (once by Tsui), but this version is the first in IMAX 3-D, which is the main reason to see it.
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