Reign of Assassins

Audience Reviews

View All (228)

Liam D While not the greatest Wuxia film ever made the decent enough story, solid acting and entertaining fight sequences make it an good watch Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/08/25 Full Review Leprechaun K Some of the best martial arts choreography you'll ever see. Tung Wai at the top of his game and IMO above everyone else in HK. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/25 Full Review Audience Member Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is still the best but this is one of the most unforgettable wuxia movies up there with Ashes of Time, Hero, The Swordsman series, Bride with White Hair, Shadow, 14 Blades, Seven Swords, Once Upon a Time in China series etc. Such memorable characters as Drizzle (Michelle Yeoh) and the 3 other assassins: Wheel King, the Magician, and Lei Bin. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Not the best but not the worst in genre. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid wuxia movie with a good story, well-used dramatic elements and some gorgeous fight scenes. Crouching Tiger 2 can only wish it had been this good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A group of assassins invades a temple and, after a considerable amount of bloodhsed, steals a corpse that's rumored to possess mystical properties. However, one of the assassins (Michelle Yeoh) breaks away from the gang with a piece of the corpse, changes her face, and attempts to settle down in a quiet life with a seemingly average man (Jung Woo-sung). This leads to a cavalcade of betrayal, double crosses, lies, murder, revelation, and fast-paced kung fu complemented by plenty of wire stunts. Su Chao-Pin directs Reign of Assassins with a taut pace that has a lot of frenetic jump cuts; John Woo's co-directing credit leads me to believe that the occasional uses of slow-motion atmospherics were the result of his consultation. Reign of Assassins isn't exactly the deepest wuxia film ever made, but it is a spirited affair that includes all the action scenes that this genre calls for while leaving enough room for the interpersonal melodrama that this genre tends to benefit from. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

Reign of Assassins

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Most Popular at Home Now