The Deadly Sword

THE DEADLY SWORD is another low rent wuxia story from Taiwan. It commits the cardinal sin of an action film which is that it's boring; despite the amount of plot twists and turns, nothing much happens in this movie, and even worse there's not much action either. It takes a good twenty minutes for the first fight scene to begin whereas most of these low rent films kick off immediately to keep the viewer interested.

This is a film which features the unmissable pairing of Barry Chan and Jackie Chen; it was only inevitable that these two performers would pair up at some point and they're one of the screen's greatest double acts. I'm only kidding. None of the actors in this film are distinguished and the best thing about it are the costumes. I did like the titular weapon which is a unique curved sword but it's a shame the fight choreography is below par which saps the film of its entertainment value.